Crossword Puzzle Number 6075 (Medium Grid)

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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. The state of being first in importance.
11. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
17. Be teeming, be abuzz.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Eccentricity that is not easily explained.
20. A genus of Mustelidae.
21. Make larger.
23. A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).
25. To no avail.
26. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
27. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
31. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
32. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
37. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
41. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
42. A city of central China.
45. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
46. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven.
61. One who works hard at boring tasks.
64. An electrically charged particle.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
67. Bears and extinct related forms.
69. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
72. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
73. A doctor's degree in education.
74. Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
75. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.

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1. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
2. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
5. A colt with undescended testicles.
6. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
7. The second day of the week.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
10. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
11. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
12. German composer.
13. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
14. A vigorous blow.
22. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
24. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
28. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
29. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
30. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
33. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
34. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. Avatar of Vishnu.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
43. A human limb.
44. A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano).
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
54. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
55. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
56. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
60. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
62. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
63. Used in combination.
66. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
68. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
70. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
71. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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