Crossword Puzzle Number 6957 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
5. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
12. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
15. A primeval personification of air and breath.
16. A nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. A growth in strength or number or importance.
19. Slanderous defamation.
20. A city in northeastern Ohio.
22. (linguistics) Relating to the dative case.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. (botany) Of some seeds.
29. Of or related to aplite.
31. The quantity that a barn will hold.
35. A sailing vessel with two masts.
36. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
39. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC).
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations.
50. Divide by two. divide into halves.
51. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
55. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
56. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
59. A Mid-Atlantic state.
60. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
68. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
71. British informal term.
74. Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life.
75. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
76. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
78. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
79. The month following March and preceding May.
80. Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.
81. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.

DOWN

1. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts.
4. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
5. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
6. Your general store of remembered information.
7. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. A person who enjoys reading.
12. A genus of Mustelidae.
13. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
14. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
21. A festival featuring African-American culture.
23. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
25. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
27. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
28. A Russian river.
30. Wood of a pecan tree.
32. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
33. Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
34. Lacking companions or companionship.
37. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
44. Having been read.
45. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
47. 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.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. Trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets.
58. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
61. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
63. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
65. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
66. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
67. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
69. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
70. Humble in spirit or manner.
72. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
73. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
77. A state in northwestern North America.

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