Crossword Puzzle Number 6033 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A quantity of no importance.
5. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
12. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
15. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
16. (law) Not of legal age.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
19. Think moodily or anxiously about something.
20. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
22. A state in New England.
23. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
24. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
26. An informal term for a father.
28. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
30. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
32. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
33. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
37. The fatty flesh of eel.
39. Thorn apple.
41. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
45. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
47. The 3rd planet from the sun.
49. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
50. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
54. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
56. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
58. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
61. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
65. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
74. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
75. Howler monkeys.
77. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
79. Expressing earnest entreaty.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
5. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
6. A loft for storing hay.
7. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
8. A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
10. That is to say.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
13. Toward the mouth or oral region.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
25. With no effort to conceal.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
29. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
31. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
35. Go trecking.
36. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
38. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. Conducive to peace.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
48. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
59. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
60. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
62. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
63. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
64. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
66. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
67. Largest known toad species.
68. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
71. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
72. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
73. 10 grams.
76. A state in east central United States.

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