Crossword Puzzle Number 6001 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Negation of a word or group of words.
4. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
20. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
21. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
22. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
30. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
32. Goddess of fate.
34. The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
38. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
40. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
43. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. A small nail.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
49. A well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island southeast of Honolulu.
51. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
54. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
58. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
60. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
70. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
74. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
76. Genus of African timber trees.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
80. The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity.
82. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
83. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
84. A person with the same name as another.
85. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.

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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. The third canonical hour.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. City in eastern Belgium.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
9. City in central Iran.
10. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
11. New World flycatchers.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Cut off the testicles.
19. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
23. Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring.
24. (Irish) The sea personified.
27. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
29. A genus of Mustelidae.
31. 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.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed.
36. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926).
37. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980).
39. A woman of refinement.
41. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
42. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
46. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
50. A state in midwestern United States.
53. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
62. Type genus of the Caviidae.
65. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
66. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
67. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
68. A large number or amount.
69. A copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
71. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
72. 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.
73. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
81. 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.

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