CROSSWORD 1495
ACROSS
1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands. 4. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet. 12. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree. 15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects. 16. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers. 17. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon. 18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 19. An insertion into a calendar. 20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 21. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur. 23. Having little physical or spiritual strength. 25. A slender double-reed instrument. 26. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults. 27. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago. 34. Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. 37. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick. 39. A girl or young woman who is unmarried. 40. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc. 42. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care. 43. A Mid-Atlantic state. 44. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 45. A rapid bustling commotion. 46. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity. 51. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 53. A public promotion of some product or service. 54. Type genus of the Anatidae. 56. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River. 58. Being one hundred more than two hundred. 61. Obvious and dull. 64. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs. 69. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 70. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle. 74. Jordan's port. 75. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers. 76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off. 78. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels. 79. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. 80. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers. 81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
DOWN
1. By bad luck. 2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma. 3. A fraudulent business scheme. 4. An ice containing milk. 5. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring). 6. 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). 7. The part of the face above the eyes. 8. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. 9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture. 10. In a dangerously risky manner. 11. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea. 12. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (12851349). 13. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 14. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel. 22. 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. 24. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea. 28. Spaced apart. 29. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled. 30. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 31. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department. 32. Of or at or relating to an anode. 33. Refuse to acknowledge. 35. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 36. Related to or located at the back. 38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 41. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). 47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America. 48. Release from a clasp. 49. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization. 50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 52. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan. 55. Conforming to truth. 57. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. 59. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad. 60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 63. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. 65. A small cake leavened with yeast. 66. A sock with a separation for the big toe. 67. In bed. 68. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 71. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 72. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. 73. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 77. Being nine more than ninety.