Crossword Puzzle Number 6099 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
4. Characteristic of a lack of maturity.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation.
20. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979).
21. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
22. Humble request for help.
23. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
25. The sacred city of Lamaism.
27. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
34. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
37. The content of cognition.
40. Make editorial changes (in a text).
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
51. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
53. A pass between mountain peaks.
54. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
56. At or constituting a border or edge.
59. A line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government.
61. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
63. A genus of Sterninae.
66. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. The fatty flesh of eel.
75. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. Black tropical American cuckoo.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
83. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
84. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
85. A young woman making her debut into society.

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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
2. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
3. Produced by a manufacturing process.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
5. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
6. 1/1000 gram.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
8. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
9. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
10. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
11. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
12. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
13. By bad luck.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
26. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
29. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
33. A populous province in northeastern China.
35. A league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball).
36. British statesman and leader of the Labour party who instituted the welfare state in England (1883-1967).
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A person forced to flee from home or country.
48. United States film maker (1897-1991).
50. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora.
52. A tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
55. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
57. Antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin.
58. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
62. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
65. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
67. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
71. Set down according to a plan.
72. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. An accountant certified by the state.
77. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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