Crossword Puzzle Number 6693 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. A milkshake with egg in it.
12. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
17. A humorous anecdote or remark.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Put into a rage.
20. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
22. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
24. Framework for holding objects.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. 1/10 gram.
29. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
32. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
33. A primeval personification of air and breath.
37. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
39. Not hallowed or consecrated.
40. The template for protein synthesis.
41. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
45. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
46. Take in solid food.
48. A helpful partner.
51. The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
53. One million periods per second.
54. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
55. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
57. Advanced in years.
59. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
60. Greek mythology.
63. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
64. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
66. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
69. Having a woven pattern.
72. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
74. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Thunderous verbal attack.
80. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
81. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
82. Chipmunks of western America and Asia.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.
5. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
6. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
7. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
8. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
9. One of the three Furies.
10. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
11. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
12. Largest known toad species.
13. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
14. Look at with amorous intentions.
21. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
25. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. An orderly arrangement.
31. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
34. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
35. Oil palms.
36. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State.
38. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
42. Come out into view, as from concealment.
43. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
44. Wood of a pecan tree.
47. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
49. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades.
50. A woman of refinement.
52. A squeeze with the fingers.
56. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
58. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
61. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
62. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
68. Found on a farm.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
73. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
75. Being two more than fifty.
79. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

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