Crossword Puzzle Number 6896 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
4. Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
12. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
15. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. Around the anus.
17. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Moved or conveyed by or through air.
20. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
21. The striking of one body against another.
23. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
25. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A Mid-Atlantic state.
32. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
34. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
42. Founder of Buddhism.
43. A Spanish river.
45. Lacking excess flesh.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
50. (prefix) Half or partial.
52. Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality.
53. The fatty flesh of eel.
54. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
55. (informal) Of the highest quality.
57. Informal terms for a mother.
63. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
67. Collect or gather.
71. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
73. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
76. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
78. 1 species.
80. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
82. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
83. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.

DOWN

1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
3. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
4. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
5. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
6. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
7. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
8. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
9. Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness.
10. City in the northern Dominican Republic.
11. On or toward the lee.
12. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
13. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
14. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
22. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
24. Twist or braid together, interlace.
26. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
27. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
30. A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
36. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
40. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
41. Administer an oil or ointment to.
44. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
60. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
61. A telegram sent abroad.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. In bed.
65. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
66. Little known Kamarupan languages.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Indicating the most important performer or role.
70. A reason for wanting something done.
72. Wild and domestic cattle.
74. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
75. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
79. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

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