Crossword Puzzle Number 6226 (Medium Grid)

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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
5. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
12. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
15. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
16. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. Severely simple in line or design.
19. A place of inviolable privacy.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
22. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
24. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
27. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
29. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
31. Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.
35. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter.
38. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
39. A notice of someone's death.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. In the manner of human beings.
44. The highest level or degree attainable.
45. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
52. Marked by continuous change or effective action.
54. Remote and separate physically or socially.
57. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
58. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
60. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
63. One (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods.
66. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
70. Towards the side away from the wind.
71. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
74. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
75. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. On or toward the lee.
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
4. Any cognitive content held as true.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
7. Produced by a manufacturing process.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961).
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
12. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
13. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
14. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
20. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
23. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
25. A saying that widely accepted on its own merits.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
28. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
30. Cap that fits over the hub of a wheel.
32. The sister of your father or mother.
33. The application of tiles to cover a surface.
34. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
40. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
43. A member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
53. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
55. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
56. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
59. Of uncertain outcome.
61. Jordan's port.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. A three-tone Chadic language.
65. A journey for some purpose (usually including the return).
67. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
72. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
73. A local computer network for communication between computers.

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