Crossword Puzzle Number 5381 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
4. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
17. Give over.
18. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
20. A group of southern Bantu languages.
21. Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.
22. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
23. In the Roman calendar.
24. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Having accumulated or become more intense.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. (Norse mythology) One of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
33. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
36. United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988).
40. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
42. Some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something.
45. The month following September and preceding November.
46. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
47. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
49. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
52. Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112).
56. Cut or impressed into a surface.
59. Without moral standards or principles.
61. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
65. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
69. A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean.
72. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
77. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
78. The month following March and preceding May.
79. German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835).
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. (nautical) Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
7. Extremely dirty and corrupt.
8. Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
9. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
10. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
11. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
12. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
13. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
14. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
19. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
25. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
27. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
30. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
32. A professional killer who uses a gun.
34. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
35. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
37. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
38. An awkward stupid person.
39. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
48. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
50. Clouding of the natural lens of the eye.
51. Someone who admires a young woman.
53. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
54. Something (especially a game) that is played again.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. A domain in which something is dominant.
62. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
67. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
68. A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal.
70. The basic unit of money in Romania.
71. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
75. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.

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