Crossword Puzzle Number 6997 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
5. A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
12. A shape that sags.
15. A Spanish river.
16. Shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training.
17. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
18. Large European dormouse.
19. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
20. A genus of Platalea.
22. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
24. Of or relating to near the ear.
25. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
26. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
28. (Canadian) A half-breed of white and Indian parentage.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852).
38. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
41. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
42. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
45. A particular situation.
46. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
48. State in northeastern India.
51. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
52. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
54. Give over.
56. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
58. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
59. Make lighter or brighter.
63. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
70. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
73. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
74. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
75. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
80. Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
81. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.

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1. Cut off the testicles.
2. Little known Kamarupan languages.
3. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
4. A person from whom you are descended.
5. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
6. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
7. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
8. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.
9. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
12. A branch of the Tai languages.
13. Type genus of the Amiidae.
14. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
21. Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904).
23. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
27. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
29. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
31. Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
33. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
37. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
39. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
43. A river in southeastern France.
44. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
47. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
49. A fraudulent business scheme.
50. A state in New England.
53. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
55. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
57. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
60. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
64. A garment that covers the head and face.
65. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
66. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
67. A social club for male undergraduates.
68. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
69. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
71. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
72. The month following March and preceding May.
76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. An honorary degree in science.

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