Crossword Puzzle Number 6058 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
4. Special importance or significance.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
16. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
17. Being one more than six.
18. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
19. A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion.
20. (archaic) Utterly cast down.
22. A city in northwestern Syria.
24. Indicating the most important performer or role.
25. A brass instrument without valves.
26. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
28. 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.
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. Make amends for.
33. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
36. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
41. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
42. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
44. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
46. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
52. A town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver.
55. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
56. Of or relating to Galileo or his works.
58. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
60. A Mid-Atlantic state.
61. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
62. A genus of Indriidae.
66. A radioactive transuranic element.
67. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
71. Sauce for pasta.
75. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
76. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. Any high mountain.
81. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
82. Testacean rhizopods.
83. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.

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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
3. An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics.
4. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
5. Contemptibly small in amount.
6. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney.
7. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
8. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
9. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases.
13. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
14. Make reference to.
21. The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany.
23. A major god.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
30. Little known Kamarupan languages.
34. God of wisdom or prophesy.
35. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
37. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
38. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
43. Made of fir or pine.
45. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
47. Affectedly trendy.
49. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
54. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
57. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
59. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
63. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
65. In or of the present month.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
70. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
72. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
73. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
74. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. That is to say.

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