Crossword Puzzle Number 6688 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
12. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
15. A boy or man.
16. Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm.
17. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
18. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
20. Sour or bitter in taste.
21. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
23. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
25. Having fangs.
27. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
29. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
32. The fatty flesh of eel.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
39. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
45. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
48. A wooden bucket.
52. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
55. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
56. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
57. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
60. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
61. A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations.
64. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
67. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
70. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
73. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
74. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
75. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
77. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
78. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
79. A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
2. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Narrow and long and pointed.
5. The food served and eaten at one time.
6. A form of address for a man.
7. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
8. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
9. A strong emotion.
10. The fare charged for traveling by airplane.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
13. The back side of the neck.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. The capital of Eritrea.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
28. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
30. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
35. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
36. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
38. Capital of Vanuatu.
40. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. Seal again.
44. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
47. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
49. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
50. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with Western styles of acting (1910-1998).
53. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
54. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
58. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
59. A doctor's degree in religion.
62. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
63. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
68. Humble request for help.
69. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
71. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
72. A human limb.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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