Crossword Puzzle Number 6666 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
12. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
15. A resource.
16. Being one more than seventeen.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
20. A song that was formerly popular.
21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
22. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
25. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. The audible part of a transmitted signal.
28. The ending of a series or sequence.
31. Of or containing iridium.
34. In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.
38. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
39. A kiln for drying hops.
41. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
43. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
48. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
51. Before noon.
52. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
61. A city in southeastern Spain.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
68. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
69. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
70. A small sailing vessel.
72. Seed of a pea plant.
73. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
74. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
75. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.

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1. A telegram sent abroad.
2. Of or relating to a hair.
3. Chief port of Yemen.
4. Win approval or support for.
5. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
6. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
7. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
8. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
9. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
10. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
13. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
14. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
19. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
23. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
24. Moving quickly and lightly.
27. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
29. Become ground down or deteriorate.
30. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
32. Unable to relax or be still.
33. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
36. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
40. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
44. Filled with a great quantity.
45. Of or happening at noon.
46. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
47. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
49. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
50. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
53. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
55. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
56. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
58. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
59. A timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end.
60. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
62. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
63. (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.
66. Considerate and solicitous care.
67. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
71. A public promotion of some product or service.

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