Crossword Puzzle Number 7040 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. Remove the yoke or harness from, as of a draft animal.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
16. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. (informal) Of very poor quality.
19. Having the skin scraped off.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
23. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
25. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
26. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
32. An informal term for a father.
33. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
36. Relating to or coming from the south.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
44. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
48. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
51. Closed with a lace.
53. A river in western Asia.
55. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
56. Lower in esteem.
57. Upright in position or posture.
59. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
64. A French abbot.
72. Ground snakes.
74. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
80. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
81. Top part of an apron.
82. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
83. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
3. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
5. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
6. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
7. Deliberately arranged for effect.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. Report or maintain.
10. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. The cry made by sheep.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A wind instrument.
35. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
37. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
38. Thin and fit.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers.
42. Become less tense.
45. A city in northern India.
46. Employed in accomplishing something.
47. The act of scanning.
50. (Sumerian) Sun god.
52. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
54. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
58. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
60. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
62. Make less active or intense.
63. Having the head uncovered.
65. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
66. Divulge information or secrets.
67. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
68. The third day of the week.
69. Type genus of the Majidae.
70. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
73. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
75. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
79. A state in east central United States.

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