Crossword Puzzle Number 6250 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
5. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness.
17. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
18. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
19. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
20. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
21. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
29. Of or relating to or involving an area.
32. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
34. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
38. Having two axes.
39. A state in southeastern United States.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
46. An honorary degree in science.
47. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
52. A person who acts and gets things done.
53. Lower in esteem.
54. An island of central Hawaii.
55. Razor clams.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. In chemistry.
60. A state in the eastern United States.
62. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
67. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
70. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
71. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
75. A great rani.
77. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
78. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
79. An island northwest of Wales.
80. Take in solid food.

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1. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. Provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia.
5. The capital of Western Samoa.
6. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.
9. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
10. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin).
11. Sour or bitter in taste.
12. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
14. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
22. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
24. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Any long object resembling a thin line.
31. Imperial moths.
33. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
37. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
45. Noisy quarrel.
48. Capital of Armenia.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.
51. Having been introduced to something new.
56. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
59. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
61. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
63. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
64. Capital of Vanuatu.
65. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
66. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
68. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
69. At a previous time.
72. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
76. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.

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