Crossword Puzzle Number 6090 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Dependent on chance.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
19. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
20. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
21. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
23. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
25. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
27. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
30. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
32. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
33. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
37. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
40. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
41. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
42. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
43. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
48. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
51. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
61. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
62. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
63. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
72. American novelist (1909-1955).
73. Muslim name for God.
76. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
77. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
81. (Irish) The sea personified.
82. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
83. A mound or heap of snow.
84. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

DOWN

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Belonging to some prior time.
3. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
4. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A student who studies excessively.
7. A town in central Belgium.
8. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
9. Having finished or arrived at completion.
10. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
11. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
14. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
22. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
24. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
26. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
28. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
29. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
31. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
34. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
36. Ruffed grouse.
38. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
39. Big-eyed scad.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A Hindu prince or king in India.
49. Give expression to.
50. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
55. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
56. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
58. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
59. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
60. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
66. 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.
67. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
69. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
70. In bed.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
78. An honorary degree in science.
79. Half the width of an em.
80. A state in northwestern North America.

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