Crossword Puzzle Number 6939 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. Of or relating to the spinal cord.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable.
16. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
19. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
23. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
25. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
26. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
29. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
31. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
45. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
46. God of death.
48. Related on the mother's side.
49. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
51. The state capital of South Australia.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
56. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. Call forth.
64. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
66. (Greek mythology) The first woman.
68. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
73. The capital of Western Samoa.
74. An Eskimo hut.
77. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
78. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
82. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
83. Being one more than nine.
84. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
85. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.

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1. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
2. Subject to a ruling authority.
3. Jordan's port.
4. A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic.
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
6. Not only so, but.
7. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
8. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
9. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
10. Any of various units of weight used in SE Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams).
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Either extremity of something that has length.
27. Of or relating to the perineum.
28. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
30. Closed with a lace.
32. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
33. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
34. Submerged freshwater perennials.
36. Toward the mouth or oral region.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
44. Having been read.
47. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
50. Noisy talk.
52. In addition.
53. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. Make amends for.
62. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
63. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
65. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. The act of scanning.
70. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
72. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
75. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
76. (Sumerian) Sun god.
79. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
80. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
81. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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