Crossword Puzzle Number 6278 (Medium Grid)

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1. Adopted in order to deceive.
5. A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.
12. A decree that prohibits something.
15. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
16. Having or denoting a high range.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
23. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
26. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
28. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
33. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
34. The holy city of Shiite Muslims.
38. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
40. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
42. A genus of Mustelidae.
43. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
46. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
48. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
49. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
51. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
52. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
58. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
62. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
66. Imperial moths.
70. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
71. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
72. A primeval personification of air and breath.
75. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
76. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. Fiddler crabs.
82. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
83. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
84. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
3. A genus of Indriidae.
4. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
5. A unit of pressure.
6. A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea.
7. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
8. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
9. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
12. Something causes misery or death.
13. A city in northwestern Syria.
14. A quantity of no importance.
22. Greek mythology.
24. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
27. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
32. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil.
35. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
36. Reach a destination.
37. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
39. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
41. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.
45. Taking place over public roads.
47. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
50. A genus of Platalea.
53. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
54. An ancient city is southern Greece.
57. Informal terms for a mother.
59. An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate.
61. (informal) Of the highest quality.
63. Avatar of Vishnu.
64. An inhabitant of Lappland.
65. An informal term for a father.
67. Praise, glorify, or honor.
68. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
69. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
73. An engineering university in Cambridge.
74. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
77. A state in New England.
79. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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