Crossword Puzzle Number 6685 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A licensed medical practitioner.
4. Make a clean breast of.
11. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Someone who rouses others from sleep.
17. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
18. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
20. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
21. A city of central China.
22. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
23. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. Greek god of light.
28. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
30. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. An endorsement.
40. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
42. Pan with a convex bottom.
44. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
47. With rapid movements.
50. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Being nine more than ninety.
55. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
57. Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore.
59. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
61. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
68. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
71. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
72. (informal) Of the highest quality.
73. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
75. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
76. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
77. A great raja.
78. A sheath worn to protect a finger.

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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. The fourth or lowest deck.
3. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
6. A sheltered and secluded place.
7. A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper.
8. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
9. An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
12. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
13. Clean or orderly.
14. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
19. Giving milk.
24. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
27. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. One thousandth of a second.
31. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
33. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.
34. Move out of a dock.
36. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Of or relating to herbs.
41. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. God of the earth.
45. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
46. A disposition to remain inactive or inert.
48. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
49. A republic in northwestern South America.
52. (Judaism) A candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation.
53. A festival featuring African-American culture.
56. A genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches).
58. Of or relating to of comprising atoms.
60. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. In bed.
65. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
66. Someone new to a field or activity.
67. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
69. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
70. The month following March and preceding May.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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