Crossword Puzzle Number 6540 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Not faithful to religion or party or cause n.
12. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
20. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
21. The basic unit of money in Albania.
22. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
23. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
25. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
27. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A woman religious.
43. Having facets.
45. Being one more than one.
47. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
49. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
50. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
55. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
57. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
59. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
63. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
68. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
72. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
73. Type genus of the family Pholadidae.
75. One or more recordings issued together.
76. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
77. An industrial city in the European part of Russia.
79. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
80. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
81. Not upright in position or posture.
82. The sixth month of the civil year.

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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
3. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A charge based on weight measured in pounds.
6. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
7. The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1.
8. A (usually) large and scholarly book.
9. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
10. A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.
11. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
12. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A salt or ester of vanadic acid.
31. Affected by ague.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. Relating to or accompanying birth.
34. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
35. A severe or trying experience.
38. Relating to or near the ulna.
39. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
42. A sudden short attack.
44. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
46. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
48. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers.
51. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
54. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. A permanent council of the United Nations.
62. To fix or set securely or deeply.
64. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
65. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
66. The time that has elapsed.
67. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. (Roman mythology) God of love.
74. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
78. A state in New England.

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