Crossword Puzzle Number 6865 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
4. (anatomy) Of or relating to a chiasm.
12. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
15. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
16. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
17. An associate degree in applied science.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
21. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
23. In bed.
25. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
26. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. Not in good physical or mental health.
32. A woman waiter.
36. Remote and separate physically or socially.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Fraught with extreme danger.
42. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
43. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
47. A proportion multiplied by 100.
48. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
51. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
53. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
61. A fraudulent business scheme.
65. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
69. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
73. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. Relating to or caused by wind.
77. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
78. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
79. Quiet and stealthy.
80. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.

DOWN

1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
3. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
4. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. Unable to relax or be still.
7. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
8. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
9. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
10. Being nine more than forty.
11. A warning against certain acts.
12. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. Feel admiration for.
22. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
24. A unit of pain intensity.
27. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
28. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
30. Situated at an apex.
33. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions.
34. A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
35. Notably out of the ordinary.
37. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
38. Wood of a sumac.
39. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
44. God of fire.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
54. A state in midwestern United States.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
58. Having a shell or or containing shell.
60. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
62. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
68. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
70. An enclosed space.
71. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
72. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
76. Being one more than one.

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