Crossword Puzzle Number 6275 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Select as an alternative.
4. Showing lack of attention or boredom.
12. An informal term for a father.
15. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
16. Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
20. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
21. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
23. Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
27. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
28. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
30. A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation.
32. Fruit of the oak tree.
36. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings.
40. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
42. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
46. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
47. God of wealth and love.
50. Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.
53. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
54. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
55. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
60. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
61. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
63. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
65. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
68. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
75. Remaining after all deductions.
77. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
79. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
82. The residue that remains when something is burned.
83. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
85. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
86. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
87. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
88. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
2. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
3. Island in West Indies.
4. A doctor's degree in optometry.
5. An arthropod family including.
6. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
7. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
8. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
9. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
10. A trap for birds or small mammals.
11. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
12. A person who acts and gets things done.
13. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
22. Not plain.
24. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. A kiln for drying hops.
31. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
33. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
34. Genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan.
35. Be in contradiction with.
38. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
41. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
43. (informal) The best of its kind n.
44. Adult female chicken.
45. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
48. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
51. A large number or amount.
52. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
57. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
59. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
62. Excessively fat.
64. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
66. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
69. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
71. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
76. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
78. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
84. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

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