CROSSWORD 2421
ACROSS
1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. Relating to or characteristic of cubism.
20. A master's degree in business.
21. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
23. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
28. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. An intuitive awareness.
34. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
37. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
39. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
48. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
49. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
53. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
55. Jordan's port.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. Carpenter bees.
59. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
61. An informal conversation.
62. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
63. A branch of the Tai languages.
66. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
72. African mahogany trees.
74. Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions.
76. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
77. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
78. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
80. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
81. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
82. A diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls.
83. A primeval personification of air and breath.
DOWN
1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
5. Separate by avulsion.
6. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
7. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
8. Razor clams.
9. A situation comedy.
10. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A crime syndicate in the United States.
24. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
30. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
32. Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
35. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. A large fleet.
38. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
40. Music performed for dancing the polka.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. Of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. Genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod.
51. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
52. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns.
54. Abounding in rocks or stones.
58. An awkward stupid person.
60. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
67. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
68. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
69. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
70. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
71. A branch of the Tai languages.
73. Of southern Europe.
75. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
79. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.