Crossword Puzzle Number 6066 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
5. Having bracts.
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. Be excessive in quantity.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
18. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
19. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
20. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
22. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
24. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
27. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
30. (usually plural) Valuables taken by violence (especially in war).
31. A New England state.
33. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
35. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
40. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
42. Genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha.
44. The square of a body of any size of type.
47. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
50. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
52. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
53. Set in advance.
54. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
57. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
60. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
61. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
64. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
71. Be obedient to.
73. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
78. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
79. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
80. Elder brother of Krishna.
81. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
6. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
7. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
8. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
9. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. Indicating the most important performer or role.
13. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
14. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
21. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
23. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
25. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
28. Being nine more than ninety.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. An analgesic for mild pain.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
37. Raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair.
38. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. Large South African antelope.
46. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
48. A helpful partner.
49. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
51. Fiddler crabs.
55. A disdainful pouting grimace.
56. Sour or bitter in taste.
58. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
63. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
65. In bed.
66. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
67. The basic unit of money on Malta.
68. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
69. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
70. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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