Crossword Puzzle Number 6087 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Select as an alternative.
4. Relating to or of the nature of or having a mouth or mouthlike opening.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
16. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity.
17. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
18. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
19. A severe or trying experience.
20. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
22. Being one more than eighteen.
24. Being nine more than forty.
26. The square of a body of any size of type.
27. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
31. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
32. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
35. Give over.
41. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
42. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
43. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
45. A river in southeastern France.
46. The month following February and preceding April.
48. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
50. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
51. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
53. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
56. Mark as different.
58. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
59. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. The emotion of hate.
63. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
69. Strong and sharp.
72. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
73. A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.
75. A major French river.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
79. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
80. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
81. Characteristic of the dawn.
82. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

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1. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
2. (medieval) A large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body.
3. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language.
5. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
6. Of time long past.
7. Dignified manner or conduct.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
23. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
29. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
30. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
33. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
34. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
36. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
40. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
44. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
47. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
52. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
54. A small portable timepiece.
55. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
57. The capital of the Bahamas.
62. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
64. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
65. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
66. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
67. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
68. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
70. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
71. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
74. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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