Crossword Puzzle Number 6036 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
12. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Provoking horror.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
19. A collection of resources.
20. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
21. Preserve a dead body.
23. Money extracted as a penalty.
25. The basic unit of money in Albania.
26. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
28. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
30. Offering fun and gaiety.
31. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
34. Pale gray.
37. The limits within which something can be effective.
40. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports).
42. Of textiles.
44. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
46. A populous province in northeastern China.
47. A transuranic element.
48. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
49. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
50. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
53. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
56. British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968).
58. A port in southwestern Scotland.
59. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
61. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
63. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
65. General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments.
69. Be idle.
70. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
73. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
74. A primeval personification of air and breath.
75. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
76. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
77. English monk and scholar (672-735).
78. Heavy filling (and usually starchy) food.
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

DOWN

1. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
2. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
3. By chance.
4. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
5. Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm.
6. A human limb.
7. A formal dance held for a school class toward the end of the academic year.
8. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
9. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
10. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
11. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
12. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
13. The highest level or degree attainable.
14. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
22. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
24. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines.
27. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
29. Remove offensive capability from.
32. In equal amounts or shares.
33. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
35. Move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound, as of liquids.
36. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
38. The residue that remains when something is burned.
39. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
41. Jordan's port.
43. Of or relating to the spleen.
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
51. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
52. To go back over again, as of a route or steps.
54. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
55. Capital of the state of Montana.
57. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
60. (informal) "in the dumps".
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
66. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. An informal term for a father.
71. The products of human creativity.
72. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.

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