Crossword Puzzle Number 6975 (Medium Grid)

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1. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
5. A town in southeastern California.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
16. A light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet.
17. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
18. The month following August and preceding October.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
24. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
25. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
26. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
28. Indigo bush.
30. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
32. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
40. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
42. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
44. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
46. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
47. A genus of Mustelidae.
48. A large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
50. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
58. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
60. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
62. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
65. One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind.
67. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
68. Abundantly filled with especially living things.
72. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
73. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
76. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
77. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
78. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
79. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
80. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
81. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
82. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.

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1. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
2. Again but in a new or different way.
3. One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.
4. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
5. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
6. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
7. A ribbon used as a decoration.
8. The act of rising upward into the air.
9. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
10. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
11. Lacking physical strength or vitality.
12. Transient cessation of respiration.
13. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
14. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
21. Reduce to ashes.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
33. Hungarian playwright (1878-1952).
34. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
37. Silence (someone) by uttering "shush!".
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
41. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
49. Howler monkeys.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
54. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
56. A conversation between two persons.
57. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
59. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.
61. Tasting sour like a lemon.
63. The sacred city of Lamaism.
64. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
66. A person of unquestioning obedience.
69. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
70. A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula.
71. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. A pass between mountain peaks.

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