Crossword Puzzle Number 2637 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
12. Of the blackest black.
15. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
16. United States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981).
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.
22. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
24. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
26. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
27. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
29. Genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals.
31. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
34. Type genus of the Amiidae.
35. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
38. Flat and uninspiring.
39. A long-playing phonograph record.
41. A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.
43. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
44. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
46. A state in east central United States.
47. Pearl oysters.
53. A doctor's degree in optometry.
54. A successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer).
55. A genus of Stromateidae.
57. Half the width of an em.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
62. United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940).
64. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
66. Not formal.
69. Capital of the state of Montana.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. The fatty flesh of eel.
74. Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores.
76. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
77. A rapid bustling commotion.
78. Winter aconite.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

DOWN

1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
3. The capital of Western Samoa.
4. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
5. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
6. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
7. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
9. Greek philosopher and astronomer.
10. The month following February and preceding April.
11. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
12. A loose cloak with a hood.
13. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
14. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
21. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
23. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
25. The state of being disregarded or forgotten.
28. Having pillars.
30. Take in solid food.
32. A positively charged atom.
33. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
36. Place in a grave or tomb.
37. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. (prefix) Half or partial.
45. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
48. Of superior grade.
49. Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.
50. A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river.
51. A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
52. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
56. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
59. A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer.
61. Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder.
63. Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size.
65. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
67. In bed.
68. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. The habitation of wild animals.
75. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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