Crossword Puzzle Number 6069 (Medium Grid)

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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. (geology) Used of the earliest known rocks.
17. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
18. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
19. Plant with lead-blue flowers.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
21. In place of, or as an alternative to.
23. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
25. Meat from an adult domestic bovine.
28. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
31. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
35. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
39. Large or big relative to something else.
41. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
46. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
49. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
50. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
51. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
52. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
56. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
58. An uproarious party.
59. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
62. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
64. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
68. 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.
71. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
74. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
75. Marked by extreme anger.
77. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
78. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
79. Direct toward itself or oneself.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
2. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
3. A general conscious awareness.
4. A derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians).
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A doctor's degree in theology.
8. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
9. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
10. Of or relating to the state of marriage.
11. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
12. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
22. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
24. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
26. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
27. An awkward stupid person.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person.
33. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
34. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas.
36. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
37. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
38. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
40. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. An informal term for a father.
47. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
48. Formed like a bacillus.
53. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
54. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. (nautical) Of an anchor.
61. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs.
63. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
65. An established custom.
66. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
67. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
73. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
76. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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