Crossword Puzzle Number 6109 (Medium Grid)

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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
12. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
18. One or some or every or all without specification.
19. A large fleet.
20. A telegram sent abroad.
22. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
24. A characteristic sound.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. Bark rich in tannin.
28. An indication of approved or superior status.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
42. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
45. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. A heavy gray-white metallic element.
50. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
52. Used of the language of the deaf.
54. A humorous anecdote or remark.
55. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
57. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
63. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
67. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
69. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
70. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
71. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
72. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.
75. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
76. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
77. Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
78. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.

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1. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
2. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
3. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
4. Having a common axis.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
6. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
7. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
10. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. The capital of Morocco.
13. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
14. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
21. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
23. A port city in southwestern Iran.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
32. A housing for a radar antenna.
34. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
35. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
36. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
37. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
38. (British abbreviation) "he accepted it on appro".
40. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
41. The first light of day.
47. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
51. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
53. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
56. Squash bugs.
58. A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones.
59. Little known Kamarupan languages.
61. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
62. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
68. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
74. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.

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