Crossword Puzzle Number 7057 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
5. Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. A genus of European owls.
16. Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
19. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. A motley assortment of things.
23. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
24. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
26. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
27. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
30. A white trivalent metallic element.
31. Indigo bush.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
44. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
47. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
49. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
51. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
52. Any of various devices for taking hold of objects.
53. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
57. Perceive sound.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Before noon.
62. Fallow deer.
66. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
70. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
72. A doctor's degree in music.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
79. Exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron.
82. (informal) Roused to anger.
83. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
84. In or relating to the duodenum.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
3. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
4. The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
5. A small amount of residue.
6. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
7. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
8. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
9. A river of central Italy.
10. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
11. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Elk or moose.
34. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
35. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
37. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
38. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. Conforming to truth.
43. The capital of Croatia.
45. Jordan's port.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. An honorary degree in science.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
55. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
56. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
58. Not divisible by two.
59. A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
63. A unit of weight used in Asia.
64. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. The back side of the neck.
69. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. An informal term for a father.
76. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
80. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
81. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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