Crossword Puzzle Number 6191 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A person who directs and manages an organization.
12. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Possible to sell.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
20. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
22. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
28. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
30. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
34. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
39. Water scorpions.
42. The act of locking something up to protect it.
45. Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526).
46. Strong and sharp.
47. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. A charge based on weight measured in pounds.
54. A feeling of favorable regard.
56. Not yet used or soiled.
57. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
60. A motley assortment of things.
61. Italian architect (1508-1580).
64. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
68. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
69. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
72. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. (trademark) An antacid.
76. A notable achievement.
77. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
78. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
2. A genus of Lamnidae.
3. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
4. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
5. A state in the eastern United States.
6. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
7. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
8. A deep bow.
9. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
12. Any location known for vice and corruption.
13. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
14. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat.
19. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
21. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
24. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
25. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
33. Covered with beads of liquid.
35. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
36. A very light brown.
37. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
38. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
40. Situated in front of the anus.
41. (Greek mythology) Wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
43. People descended from a common ancestor.
44. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
48. Of or relating to neurons.
51. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
52. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
53. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
59. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
62. Affected manners intended to impress others.
63. A small island.
65. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. A quantity of no importance.
70. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
71. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
75. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.

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