Crossword Puzzle Number 6799 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
5. Tropical African and Indian herbs.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
16. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Make worse or less effective.
20. Enthusiastic approval.
21. Tag the base runner to get him out.
22. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
24. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
26. A long-playing phonograph record.
27. The upper end of a bitt.
30. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
33. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
37. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
38. The eighth month of the civil year.
41. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
42. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
45. Any of various units of capacity.
46. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
50. Located at or near the back of an animal.
52. Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability.
53. Worthy of high praise.
55. A person who worships idols.
58. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
61. By bad luck.
63. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
65. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
68. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
71. A primeval personification of air and breath.
72. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
75. A small drink of liquor.
78. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
79. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
80. Become adolescent.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An elaborate song for solo voice.
2. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
3. A serving of drink (usually alcoholic).
4. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
5. Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush.
6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
8. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
9. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
10. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
11. Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming.
12. God of fire.
13. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
19. A state in midwestern United States.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
28. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
29. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
31. Forming or set at an angle.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
36. (botany) Especially of petals or leaves in bud.
39. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
40. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light.
48. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
49. Having antlers.
51. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
56. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
57. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
62. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
64. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
66. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
67. Type genus of the Apidae.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
74. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
77. A white trivalent metallic element.

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