Crossword Puzzle Number 6890 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. (of a roof) Having two slopes each side of the ridge.
11. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
15. Two items of the same kind.
16. Remove body hair.
17. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
18. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
19. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.
20. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
21. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
23. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
24. Without moral standards or principles.
26. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. In a joyous manner.
31. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
35. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
38. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
39. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
40. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
43. A rounded projection or protuberance.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
49. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
50. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
52. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. Terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots.
59. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
63. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
68. Located inward.
69. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
70. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
73. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
74. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
75. (mythology) According to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that was swallowed by an earthquake.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
78. A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
2. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
3. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
4. Eating earth or clay or chalk.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
6. Of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve.
7. Having or covered with or accompanied by blood.
8. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
9. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. A Russian river.
11. A person of unquestioning obedience.
12. Take precedence or surpass others in rank.
13. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
14. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
22. Of or relating to alga.
25. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
27. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
28. The basic unit of money in Finland.
32. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
33. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
36. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
37. Not clearly understood or expressed.
41. Serving as or forming a base.
42. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
47. A portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm.
48. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
51. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings.
54. A city in southeastern Spain.
56. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
57. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
58. Serving no useful purpose.
60. Like or containing meat.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
65. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
66. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
67. A sudden very loud noise.
71. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
72. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.

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