Crossword Puzzle Number 6927 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Greenish-yellow pear.
5. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
16. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
18. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
19. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
20. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
22. God of war.
25. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
27. A negative.
29. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
36. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
39. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
40. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
43. Type genus of the Artamidae.
45. Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816).
47. A town in central Belgium.
48. Dye with a color.
49. A radioactive transuranic element.
50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
52. An appraisal of the state of affairs.
53. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
57. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
60. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
64. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
68. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
69. Make sour or more sour.
72. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
73. A city in the European part of Russia.
74. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
75. In the Roman calendar.
76. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
77. A cracker sprinkled with salt before baking.
78. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.

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1. Actively or fully engaged or occupied.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
4. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
5. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. A circular segment of a curve.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. Fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. God of love and erotic desire.
24. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. The brightest star in the sky.
31. The capital and largest city of Greece.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. A town on Long Island in New York.
34. The state that precedes vomiting.
35. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. An informal conversation.
41. A covered passageway.
42. A large and densely populated urban area.
44. The bill in a restaurant.
46. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
54. Drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects.
55. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
56. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
58. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979).
59. The square of a body of any size of type.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. Toward the mouth or oral region.
63. South African term for `boss'.
65. An informal term for a father.
66. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
67. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
70. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
71. Being one more than two.

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