Crossword Puzzle Number 6229 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An enclosed space.
4. Filled with shade.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. Someone who reasons logically.
20. A state in New England.
21. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
22. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
23. Being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry.
25. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
26. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. Chief port of Yemen.
31. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
35. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
40. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
41. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
42. In bed.
45. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
46. Having a short growth of beard.
52. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
53. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
55. To fix or set securely or deeply.
58. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
60. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
61. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
65. A three-legged rack used for support.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Poorly stated or described.
72. A native American tent.
73. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
74. 1 species.
75. A branch of the Tai languages.
76. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
77. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
78. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Sound of strumming.
2. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
3. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
4. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
5. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
6. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A doctor's degree in optometry.
9. The British royal family since 1917.
10. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
11. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
13. An informal term for a father.
14. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
19. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
24. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
27. A medium for oil-paints.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
32. Deeply moved.
33. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
34. (British) An order for goods to be exported or imported.
36. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
37. Short and fat.
38. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
44. Extraordinarily abundant.
47. Offering little or no hope.
48. Speak unfavorably about.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
51. The wife or widow of a czar.
56. Earnest or urgent request.
57. The act of detecting something.
59. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
62. A French abbot.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
64. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
70. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
71. Black tropical American cuckoo.

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