Crossword Puzzle Number 6687 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. How long something has existed.
4. Unsupported by other people.
12. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
15. (informal) Of very poor quality.
16. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
17. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
18. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
20. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
21. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
25. Botfly larva.
26. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
27. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
29. An honorary degree in science.
31. (informal) Roused to anger.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A Loloish language.
47. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
49. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
51. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
53. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
54. (Babylonian) Consort of Marduk.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
59. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
65. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
69. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
73. (informal) Of the highest quality.
74. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
80. A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups.
81. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
82. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
83. A festival featuring African-American culture.
84. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
3. To fix or set securely or deeply.
4. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
5. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
6. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux.
7. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
8. A small conspicuous constellation the the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. A motley assortment of things.
13. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
14. Petty quarrel.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
30. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
35. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
39. Offering fun and gaiety.
40. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. Involving the medulla oblongata.
44. Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat.
48. Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract.
50. Palms of southern Mexico to northern South America.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
55. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
58. Remove the claws from (a cat).
62. A flexible container with a single opening.
64. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
66. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
67. Framework for holding objects.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
71. Very dark black.
72. Avatar of Vishnu.
75. An electrically charged particle.
76. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
79. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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