Crossword Puzzle Number 6117 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A region of southwestern France.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. Producing no fruit.
17. A slight amount or degree of difference.
18. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
21. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
25. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
29. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
32. A natural protective covering of the body.
34. Step on it.
35. Common black European thrush.
39. English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764).
41. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
42. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
53. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
57. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
61. Expel, as of gases and odors.
62. An honorary degree in science.
63. Using speech rather than writing.
64. Little known Kamarupan languages.
66. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
77. Cover or coat with a crust.
79. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
80. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
81. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983).
82. Inquire about.

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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. Press or grind with a crunching noise.
8. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
9. Having a small pointed chin beard.
10. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. The basic monetary unit of Portugal.
12. A state in the western United States.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
19. A city in southeastern Spain.
24. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
30. Being one more than one.
31. A Scottish word.
33. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
36. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
37. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
38. Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison.
40. The handle of a weapon or tool.
45. Torn down and broken up.
46. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
49. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus.
52. An organized body of related information.
56. An Eskimo hut.
58. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
59. Of or relating to a wedding.
60. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. English essayist (1775-1834).
68. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
70. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
71. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
74. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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