Crossword Puzzle Number 6254 (Medium Grid)

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1. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. Type genus of the family Macropodidae.
12. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Increase in extent or intensity.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
20. Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge).
22. Someone whose business is advertising.
25. Of or belonging to an enemy.
26. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
27. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
28. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
34. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
37. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
38. A French abbot.
41. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
43. A container.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
45. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
46. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. After a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative.
54. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
56. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
57. The sixth month of the civil year.
58. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
60. 10 grams.
62. A Mid-Atlantic state.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. By bad luck.
66. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
69. A fraudulent business scheme.
72. Fallow deer.
75. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
78. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots.
80. Acquire by preemption.
82. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
83. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
84. Undergo necrosis.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
3. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
4. Rich in significance or implication.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
7. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
8. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. (Sumerian) Sun god.
11. Mark as different.
12. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
13. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
14. A polite name for any woman.
19. Understood in a certain way.
21. Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. In bed.
31. (botany) Of some seeds.
32. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
33. A light touch or stroke.
35. Free from disturbance.
36. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
39. God of wealth and love.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. (nautical) Of an anchor.
48. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
49. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
55. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. A driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip.
61. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
67. English essayist (1775-1834).
68. A bachelor's degree in library science.
70. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
71. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
73. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
74. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
76. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
77. A police officer who investigates crimes.
81. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.

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