Crossword Puzzle Number 6420 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
4. (botany) Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
16. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia.
17. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
18. South African term for `boss'.
20. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
21. The capital of Turkey.
23. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
25. Being ten more than eighty.
27. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
28. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
30. Jordan's port.
32. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
35. A state of equilibrium.
38. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
40. Related to or located at the back.
42. The eleventh month of the civil year.
43. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
45. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
48. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
51. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
55. A local computer network for communication between computers.
56. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
61. Given formally or officially.
66. A sac-like widening of an artery.
68. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
73. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
76. A city in the European part of Russia.
77. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
78. A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.
80. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
81. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
82. Abundantly filled with especially living things.
83. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

DOWN

1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. The basic unit of money in China.
3. Take away the weapons from.
4. Before noon.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
7. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
8. The highest point of something.
9. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
10. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
11. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
12. A port city in southwestern Iran.
13. A student who studies excessively.
14. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
19. Emitting smoke in great volume.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
31. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
33. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
36. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
37. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
39. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
41. Strike sharply.
44. A city and port in northern Jutland.
46. An endorsement.
47. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
52. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
53. The brightest star in Cygnus.
57. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828).
59. Feel admiration for.
62. Related on the mother's side.
63. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
64. English architect (1746-1813).
65. American poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
67. Climbing vine native to China.
69. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
70. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
71. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
75. A cgs unit of work or energy.
79. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.

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