Crossword Puzzle Number 6496 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of pressure.
4. A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.
11. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
15. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. An analgesic for mild pain.
17. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
18. Being one more than nine.
19. The principal dish of a meal.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
24. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
31. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
39. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
47. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
48. A state in New England.
50. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
51. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
53. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
54. A state in northwestern North America.
56. Confidently declared to be so.
60. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
61. Sour or bitter in taste.
63. Make less active or intense.
66. Noisy talk.
70. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
72. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
74. The cry made by sheep.
75. A strong emotion.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
79. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
80. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
81. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

DOWN

1. An honorary arts degree.
2. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
3. An island northwest of Wales.
4. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
5. A flowering shrub.
6. Designed for defense against armored vehicles.
7. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
8. The content of cognition.
9. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
12. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
13. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
14. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
20. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
22. Indigo bush.
27. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
28. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
29. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
30. Using speech rather than writing.
32. Physical strength.
33. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
34. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
35. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
38. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
40. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
41. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.
49. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
52. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
57. A giant planet which is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles.
58. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
59. Cause to be embarrassed.
62. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
64. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
65. On or toward the lee.
67. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
68. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. An accountant certified by the state.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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