Crossword Puzzle Number 982 (Medium Grid)

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1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
5. Of or relating to or located at the base.
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
15. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it.
16. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
17. An enclosed space.
18. Earnest or urgent request.
20. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
22. Cut the head of.
23. Changed into bone.
25. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
27. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
28. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. The state of being covered with unclean things.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
41. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
47. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
49. An informal term for a father.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
53. An expert who gives advice.
56. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
57. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
59. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
62. A state in midwestern United States.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
68. A Hindu prince or king in India.
72. Concerned with religion or religious purposes.
74. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
76. A boy or man.
77. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
78. Any object that radiates energy.
80. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
81. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
82. Aromatic gum resin.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Someone who wastes time.
3. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
5. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A small drink.
8. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
9. A mistake resulting from inattention.
10. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
11. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced.
12. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
13. A narrow way or road.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
24. The sixth day of the week.
26. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
29. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
34. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).
35. A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
38. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Rate of revolution of a motor.
45. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
46. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
48. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
50. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
54. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama.
55. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
58. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
61. Sour or bitter in taste.
65. Free from risk or danger.
66. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
67. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
71. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. An informal term for a father.
75. A human limb.
79. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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