Crossword Puzzle Number 7877 (Medium Grid)

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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
12. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
19. A short musical composition with words.
21. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
22. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
24. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
25. Affect with wonder.
27. A Mid-Atlantic state.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
33. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
37. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
41. The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg.
45. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
46. A liquid solution that results from elution.
47. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
50. A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube.
51. A genus of Mustelidae.
52. Moderate or restrain.
53. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
54. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
57. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
70. Rub elbows with.
71. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
75. Type genus of the Polygalaceae.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
79. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
80. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.

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1. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
8. Drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure.
9. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
10. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
11. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
12. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
13. Fallow deer.
14. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. An ancient Iranian language.
26. A woman sahib.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
34. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
35. Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness.
36. Someone who admires a young woman.
38. Start abruptly.
39. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
40. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
42. Cause to go somewhere.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. The basic unit of money on Malta.
48. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
49. Lower in esteem.
55. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
56. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
58. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
59. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
61. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
62. In bed.
63. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
64. Little known Kamarupan languages.
65. The time during which someone's life continues.
66. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
68. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
69. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
72. A local computer network for communication between computers.
76. Being one more than fifty.

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