Crossword Puzzle Number 6782 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
4. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
16. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
17. (used informally) Very small.
18. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
20. An Asian river between China and Russia.
21. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
23. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons in an electrical device.
29. Covered with scabs.
31. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
36. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
38. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
45. Chief port of Yemen.
46. Not fed.
48. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
49. A very boastful and talkative person.
50. A state in midwestern United States.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
55. Black tropical American cuckoo.
56. Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible.
62. Informal terms for a mother.
64. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
65. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites.
66. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
69. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
73. Two items of the same kind.
74. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
77. Suggestive of the supernatural.
78. Of or being the lowest female voice.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
82. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
83. A lack of vitality.
84. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.

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1. One of the common people.
2. Heal or recover.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. Cause to be embarrassed.
6. An ardent male lover.
7. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
8. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
9. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
10. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. A person of unquestioning obedience.
13. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
14. United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996).
19. Indicating the most important performer or role.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
32. A genus of Pyralidae.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
37. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
39. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom.
42. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
43. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
44. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
47. A lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman.
51. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
54. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
57. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
58. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
59. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
63. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
67. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
68. A primeval personification of air and breath.
70. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
71. Dwell (archaic).
72. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
75. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
76. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
80. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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