Crossword Puzzle Number 6837 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
12. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.
18. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
20. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
21. Tasting sour like a lemon.
23. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A merchant who sells goods at retail.
28. Resembling gass.
30. An island northwest of Wales.
31. Lower in esteem.
35. The act of catching an object with the hands.
39. Follower of Rastafarianism.
41. God of death.
42. 1/1000 gram.
43. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
45. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
55. An officer of the law.
57. Chief port of Yemen.
59. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
62. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
63. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
65. A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
67. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
70. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area.
74. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
75. Jordan's port.
78. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
79. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
82. Being six more than fifty.
83. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
84. Dragonflies and damselflies.
85. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.

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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
3. Attack with teargas.
4. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
5. A large number or amount.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
9. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
10. Genus of tropical American orchids.
11. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
12. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
13. A formation of people or things one beside another.
14. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
19. Of or relating to a coast.
22. An unwholesome atmosphere.
25. Minor or subordinate.
27. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
29. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
32. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
33. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
34. Informal terms for money.
36. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
37. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
38. A South American river.
40. Before noon.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
49. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
52. A native or inhabitant of Greece.
54. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
56. English poet and theologian (1674-1748).
58. 1 species.
60. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
61. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
66. Being one more than three.
68. An elaborate song for solo voice.
69. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
71. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
72. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
73. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
76. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
77. A rapid bustling commotion.
81. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

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