Crossword Puzzle Number 7096 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
4. An example regarded as typical of its class.
12. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
15. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
16. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
17. Having leadership guidance.
18. One thousandth of a second.
20. Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.
22. Having two axes.
24. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
32. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
36. Strike suddenly and with force.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. Give expression to.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
44. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
45. The basic unit of money on Malta.
46. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
48. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
49. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
50. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
51. A crime syndicate in the United States.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
54. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
62. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
66. The template for protein synthesis.
69. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
70. Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs.
73. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
74. A restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
76. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. The sign language used in the United States.
78. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries.
79. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

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1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
2. Not final or absolute.
3. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
4. A white trivalent metallic element.
5. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
8. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
9. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. A beautiful and graceful girl.
14. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
19. Being five more than one hundred forty.
21. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
27. Relating to or located near a tibia.
28. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
30. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms.
31. A drama set to music.
33. Make off with belongings of others.
34. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
35. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
38. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone.
52. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
55. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
57. A decree that prohibits something.
59. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
60. Not functioning properly.
61. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
63. (Greek mythology) God of love.
64. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
65. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
67. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
68. Again but in a new or different way.
71. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
72. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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