Crossword Puzzle Number 1686 (Medium Grid)

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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
12. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
15. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
16. Small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers.
17. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
18. Large Indian antelope.
20. Forced to turn and face attackers.
21. Top part of an apron.
22. Using speech rather than writing.
23. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
25. Cause to run off the tracks.
29. Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
33. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
37. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
38. Lower in esteem.
40. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
41. Largest city in Washington.
44. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
46. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
47. A lyric poet.
48. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
49. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
52. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
55. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
58. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
60. Young sheep.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
68. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
69. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
72. The basic unit of money in Albania.
73. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).

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1. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
2. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
3. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
8. A student who studies excessively.
9. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
10. One of the three Furies.
11. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
12. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
13. A French river.
14. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
19. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
24. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
26. An internal representation of the world.
27. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
28. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
30. A particular environment or walk of life.
31. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
35. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
36. Of or belonging to an enemy.
39. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
42. A just detectable amount.
43. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
45. Of or relating to or involving an area.
50. A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
51. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
53. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
54. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
56. A French abbot.
57. Related to or located at the back.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
62. One thousandth of a second.
63. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
65. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
66. Liveliness and energy.
70. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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