Crossword Puzzle Number 5663 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Available source of wealth.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
20. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. A desert in southern Israel.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
26. Elected Vice President in Roosevelt's 4th term.
28. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
31. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
35. A branch of the Tai languages.
38. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
41. In a noble manner.
42. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
44. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
46. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
47. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
48. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
53. A small tessera.
55. (linguistics) Relating to the dative case.
57. Forced to turn and face attackers.
58. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
61. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
64. The amount a salary is increased.
66. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
70. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
74. Press or grind with a crunching noise.
77. Of or in or relating to the nose.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans.
82. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
83. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
84. A great raja.
85. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

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1. Of great mass.
2. An official who carries a mace of office.
3. A city in southeastern South Korea.
4. Capital of Armenia.
5. An affirmative.
6. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
7. Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
8. A Nilotic language.
9. German hero.
10. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
11. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
25. A clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap.
27. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
30. An enclosed space.
32. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
33. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
34. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
36. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
37. Come into existence.
39. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. Employed in accomplishing something.
45. A shoe with a wedge heel.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Being one more than six.
56. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
59. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
60. The basic unit of money in Panama.
62. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
63. A state in New England.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
67. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
68. Not widely known.
69. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
71. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
72. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
73. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
76. The month following March and preceding May.
80. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
81. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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