Crossword Puzzle Number 6259 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. The fatty flesh of eel.
16. Brush turkeys.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days.
20. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. A cloth having a crisscross design.
25. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
26. United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Indicating the most important performer or role.
36. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
38. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
41. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
43. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
45. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
46. Not functioning properly.
47. A mishap.
51. Meeting adequate standards for a purpose.
52. The tenth month of the civil year.
53. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
55. On, to, or at the top.
56. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
58. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
59. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
61. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
63. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
66. Of the color of black ink.
68. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. The capital of Eritrea.
77. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
81. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
82. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
83. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.

DOWN

1. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
2. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
3. Clear to the mind.
4. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
8. Resistant to change of position or condition.
9. A ray of sunlight.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
23. A midwestern state in north central United States.
24. State in northeastern India.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
29. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
31. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
33. (botany) Divided into three lobs.
34. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
35. A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s.
37. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
39. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
40. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
42. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
44. Clear and bright.
48. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
49. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
57. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
60. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
62. Minor or subordinate.
64. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
65. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
67. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
69. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
70. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
71. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
75. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Being nine more than ninety.

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