Crossword Puzzle Number 7010 (Medium Grid)

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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
16. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
17. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
20. Nearly cosmopolitan family.
21. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. A beautiful and graceful girl.
27. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. A house of worship (especially one for sailors).
42. A slight wind (usually refreshing).
43. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
45. A person's brother or sister.
46. The fatty flesh of eel.
47. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
48. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
53. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
57. Jordan's port.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
67. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
70. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
71. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
73. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
74. Moving quickly and lightly.
75. A clothing fabric in a plaid weave.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
2. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
3. Speaking a Slavic language.
4. Formation consisting of the set of horizontal lines composed of pixels that is used to form an image on a CRT.
5. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
6. Shining intensely.
7. A genus of Mustelidae.
8. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
9. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
10. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
11. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
22. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
25. Fiddler crabs.
26. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
28. South American cavy.
29. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
32. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
33. Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
34. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. On or toward the lee.
37. A large number or amount.
38. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
40. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
41. Toward the mouth or oral region.
44. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
49. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
51. State capital of New York.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
55. State in northeastern India.
56. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
58. The financial means whereby one lives.
60. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
61. A wound made by cutting.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. God of love and erotic desire.
66. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
68. A small piece of cloth.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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