Crossword Puzzle Number 1432 (Medium Grid)

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1. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
5. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
16. A citizen who has a legal right to vote.
17. Take in solid food.
18. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
19. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
24. A variable quantity that can be resolved into components.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
30. Before noon.
32. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
33. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
38. A local computer network for communication between computers.
40. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. A health facility where patients receive treatment.
43. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
47. (archaic) Of persons.
48. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
54. Having accumulated or become more intense.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
58. Inability to make purposeful movements.
60. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica.
63. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
64. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
66. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
70. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
71. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
78. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
79. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
80. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
82. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
83. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
84. A great raja.
85. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. An endorsement.
3. A crime syndicate in the United States.
4. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
5. (archaic) A fitting reward.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Go into retirement.
8. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
9. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
10. All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
11. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
12. A notable achievement.
13. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
23. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
25. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
31. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root.
35. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
36. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
37. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
39. An African river.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. Type genus of the Tupaia.
45. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
50. A bluish shade of green.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
59. Usually restricted to the Andean condor.
61. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
62. A city in the western Netherlands.
65. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
67. In bed.
68. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
69. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
72. Having a dusty purplish pink color.
73. On or toward the lee.
76. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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