Crossword Puzzle Number 6408 (Medium Grid)

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1. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
4. Fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
16. Defeat (oneself) by going too far.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
20. A victory (as in a race or other competition).
21. A small metal weapon.
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
25. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
26. Raise in a relief.
28. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Flavored with sour orange peel.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. An associate degree in nursing.
43. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
44. The month following September and preceding November.
45. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
46. Set down according to a plan.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
55. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
59. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
60. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
63. Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
65. (usually followed by `for') Extremely desirous.
69. Give a benediction to.
72. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
73. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
75. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
76. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
77. Medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark.
79. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
81. Be central or dominant.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
3. A Hindu or Sikh religious leader and personal teacher.
4. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage).
5. Separate by avulsion.
6. Cause to move back by force or influence.
7. A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland.
8. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
9. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
10. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
13. Twining perennial North American plants.
14. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
22. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
24. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
27. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
29. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
30. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
31. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. Indigo bush.
37. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
38. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
50. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
53. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
54. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
56. Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923).
57. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
58. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
61. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
62. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
64. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
66. Speaking a Slavic language.
67. An instance or single occasion for some event.
68. God of death.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
74. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
78. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

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