Crossword Puzzle Number 6271 (Medium Grid)

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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).
12. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
16. The state capital of South Australia.
17. The second day of the week.
18. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
19. An amount of time.
20. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
22. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
27. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. Capital and largest city of Queensland state.
38. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
41. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
42. A local computer network for communication between computers.
43. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
46. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
47. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
48. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
54. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A town in central Belgium.
63. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
67. A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
70. A town in south central Washington.
71. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
72. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
74. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
75. A lyric poet.
77. Tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia.
79. A cgs unit of work or energy.
80. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
81. Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers.
82. The seed of the cereal grass.

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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A tight-fitting headdress.
5. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
6. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
7. English essayist (1775-1834).
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. A resource.
10. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
14. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
21. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
23. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
25. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
29. Situated in front of the anus.
30. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
32. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
33. Dwell (archaic).
35. Lessen the intensity of.
36. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
37. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
40. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
44. A slight amount or degree of difference.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus).
50. A shot or scene that is photographed again v 1.
52. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
57. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
58. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
60. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
61. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
62. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
64. A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel).
65. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
66. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
68. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
69. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
73. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
76. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
78. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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