Crossword Puzzle Number 7667 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Ornamental objects of no great value.
12. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
19. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
20. An associate degree in applied science.
21. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
23. Half the width of an em.
24. The capital and largest city of Austria.
26. Love intensely.
28. A force that moves something along.
29. Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers.
31. One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions.
35. (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
40. Having help.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
45. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
46. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.
53. The Creator.
55. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
56. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. A master's degree in fine arts.
59. Wood of a sumac.
64. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
68. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
69. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
73. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
74. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
75. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
76. A loud harsh or strident noise.
77. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
78. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
79. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.

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1. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
2. Dearly loved.
3. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
4. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
5. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
6. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
7. Having finished or arrived at completion.
8. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
9. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
10. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
11. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
12. Lacking excess flesh.
13. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
14. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
22. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
25. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
27. Razor clams.
30. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
32. Silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes.
33. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
34. A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it).
36. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
37. Someone whose business is advertising.
41. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
44. Chop cut from a lamb.
47. Muslim name for God.
49. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
50. The cry made by sheep.
52. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
54. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
60. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
61. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
62. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
63. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
65. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
66. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
67. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
70. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
71. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
72. Being nine more than eighty.

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