Crossword Puzzle Number 6940 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Step on it.
16. (football) The person who plays tailback.
17. A trivial lie.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
20. Affect with wonder.
22. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
25. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
27. Type genus of the Apidae.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
35. Being six more than fifty.
37. Offering fun and gaiety.
41. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
45. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
47. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
52. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
55. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. An ancient Iranian language.
65. A self-governing colony of Denmark on the Faroe Islands.
67. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
69. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
70. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
73. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
74. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
77. A branch of the Tai languages.
78. Type genus of the Oriolidae.
80. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
81. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
82. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
3. A three-tone Chadic language.
4. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. A period of time spent sleeping.
6. Type genus of the Dipodidae.
7. A city in northwestern Syria.
8. A master's degree in business.
9. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
10. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
11. Jordan's port.
12. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
13. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
14. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
21. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
23. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
26. Being one more than two.
28. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
33. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
34. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
36. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
38. Having help.
39. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
40. A large fleet.
42. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
50. Largest known toad species.
51. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
54. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
56. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
57. An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.
58. Filled with fear or apprehension.
59. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
62. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
63. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
64. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
66. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
68. A city in northern India.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. The second day of the week.
76. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
79. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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