Crossword Puzzle Number 6971 (Medium Grid)

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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. Flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
20. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
22. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
24. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Half the width of an em.
33. Not final or absolute.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
39. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
42. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
45. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
52. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
53. A glancing rebound.
54. An affirmative.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
58. A musical work that has been created.
61. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
63. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
65. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
69. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
72. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
73. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
74. The second largest continent.
75. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
76. Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
79. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
80. A doctor's degree in education.
81. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
82. Goods or money obtained illegally.

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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
3. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
6. 16 ounces.
7. Consent reluctantly.
8. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
9. Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic.
10. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
11. The square of a body of any size of type.
12. God of death.
13. Divulge information or secrets.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
21. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. An associate degree in applied science.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
31. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
34. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
35. An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces.
36. Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
40. A city in east central Texas.
41. An adjective used as a noun.
43. Free from liquid or moisture.
44. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
46. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
48. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city.
57. Imperial moths.
59. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
60. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
62. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
64. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
66. A circular segment of a curve.
67. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
68. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
71. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
77. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
78. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.

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