Crossword Puzzle Number 6821 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Completely happy and contented.
12. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
16. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Characterized by slanting characters.
20. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
21. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
23. An iconic mental representation.
25. A kind of person.
26. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972).
28. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
30. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
33. Having leadership guidance.
34. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
37. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
39. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
42. Little known Kamarupan languages.
44. African mahogany trees.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. Gopher tortoises.
52. Of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor.
54. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
55. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
57. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
58. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
60. Highly excited.
62. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
64. Broadly or extravagantly humorous.
67. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
71. The highest level or degree attainable.
72. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
73. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
74. Step on it.
77. A notable achievement.
78. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
79. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
4. British admiral.
5. Of an instrument of certain death.
6. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. Being of delicate or slender build.
9. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
10. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
11. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
12. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
13. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
14. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
22. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
24. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
27. Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck.
29. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
31. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
32. So scary as to cause chills and shudders.
35. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
36. Set in advance.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. A motley assortment of things.
41. A slender double-reed instrument.
43. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
46. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
49. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
51. A long slender cigar.
53. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
56. A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone.
59. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
61. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
63. A genus of Ploceidae.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. In bed.
68. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
69. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
70. A quantity of no importance.
75. A radioactive transuranic element.
76. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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