Crossword Puzzle Number 6973 (Medium Grid)

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1. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
5. Used at the dining table.
11. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
16. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
19. An event that repeats.
20. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
21. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
23. A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed.
25. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
26. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
27. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
29. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A Loloish language.
37. A cgs unit of work or energy.
41. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
44. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
47. With rapid movements.
48. Cause to arise.
49. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
50. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
52. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
55. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
57. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
58. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
60. God of war.
70. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. Extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front.
76. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
77. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
78. The condition of having no arms.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

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1. Very fertile.
2. An endorsement.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation.
5. The month following February and preceding April.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. A man who courts a woman.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. (computer science) The time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head.
11. A shape that sags.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
28. A city in northwestern Syria.
30. Supply with battlements.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
35. Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks.
36. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
38. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
39. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
40. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
45. Destruction achieved by wrecking something.
46. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
53. National capital of Kiribati.
54. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
61. Informal terms for money.
62. Type genus of the Anatidae.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
66. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
67. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
75. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.

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