CROSSWORD 2326
ACROSS
1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods.
12. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
15. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
16. A narrow street with walls on both sides.
17. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
20. Located inward.
22. The event of dying or departure from life.
24. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. Advanced in years.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A garment worn on the upper half of the body.
41. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. Republic in northern Europe.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
47. A doctor's degree in education.
48. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
52. Island in West Indies.
54. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
61. Any fern of the genus Davallia.
71. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
72. Inaccessible and sparsely populated.
75. An elaborate song for solo voice.
76. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
77. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
78. Not reflecting light.
79. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
80. A reminder of past events.
81. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
DOWN
1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
3. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
4. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
6. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
7. The quantity contained in a keg.
8. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
9. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
12. Of or relating to the gonads.
13. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
14. Fraught with extreme danger.
21. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
23. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Thrown together in a pile.
31. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
36. 1 species.
38. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
39. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
45. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
51. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
53. A quantity of no importance.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
59. A telegram sent abroad.
60. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Characteristic of false pride.
64. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
65. Apply a lubricant to.
66. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
67. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
69. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
70. Informal terms for a meal.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself ).
74. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.