Crossword Puzzle Number 6797 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
5. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
11. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
15. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
17. The twelfth month of the civil year.
18. Using speech rather than writing.
19. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
20. A city in northern India.
21. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
23. Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data.
25. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
27. A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton.
28. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
32. (nautical) Of an anchor.
37. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. The eleventh month of the civil year.
40. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. A Loloish language.
46. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
47. Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
49. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
52. An artificial language related to Ido.
53. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
56. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
57. A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies.
59. The capital and largest city of Austria.
63. A city in central New York.
64. Put (things or places) in order.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. A decree that prohibits something.
69. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata n.
71. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
72. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
73. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
74. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.

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1. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
2. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
3. Type genus of the Anatidae.
4. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
5. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
10. A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
11. (South African) An ear of corn.
12. Second brightest star in Perseus.
13. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
14. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
26. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
29. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
30. A woman who has recently been married.
31. Re-equip a factory or plant.
33. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
34. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
35. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
36. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
39. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
41. A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging.
43. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
45. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
48. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
50. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
51. State categorically.
54. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
55. Liquid excretory product.
58. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
60. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
61. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
62. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
65. A rapid bustling commotion.
66. The sound made by a gentle blow.
70. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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