Crossword Puzzle Number 7602 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. 1 species.
12. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
15. The basic unit of money in Albania.
16. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage.
20. A grant made by a law court.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
26. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
36. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. Depressing in character or appearance.
42. A Spanish female Gypsy.
44. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
45. A Nilotic language.
48. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. Not reflecting light.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
56. Being two more than fifty.
57. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. Nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
63. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
64. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
67. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
68. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
69. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
75. Long bench with backs.
76. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
79. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
80. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
83. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
84. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
85. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
86. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.

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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
3. Jordan's port.
4. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
5. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
6. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
7. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
8. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
9. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
10. Being one more than one.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations.
13. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
23. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
25. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
33. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
37. Relating to or containing gnomes.
38. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
40. Stalk of a moss capsule.
41. The basic unit of money in Macao.
43. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A small island.
53. English monk and scholar (672-735).
55. Being or containing or characterized by vowels.
58. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
60. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
61. A musical work that has been created.
62. Not easily borne.
65. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
66. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
70. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. The content of cognition.
73. Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
74. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
77. A police officer who investigates crimes.
78. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
82. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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