Crossword Puzzle Number 3290 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
11. At a previous time.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Used of idealized country life.
17. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
18. The residue that remains when something is burned.
19. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
20. A city of central China.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
25. A branch of the Tai languages.
26. A town in north central Oklahoma.
28. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
29. A separate part of a whole.
33. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
37. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
39. A member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina.
41. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
42. Being three more than fifty.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
47. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
53. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
56. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
58. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
59. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
61. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
63. Obvious and dull.
66. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
68. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. The capital of Eritrea.
77. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
81. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
82. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
83. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.

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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. Any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
12. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
13. The complete duration of something.
14. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
22. Wood of a pecan tree.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
30. An inflow.
31. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
32. Soft creamy white cheese.
34. Being one more than one.
35. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
36. French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793).
38. (of information) Given in confidence or in secret.
40. Informal terms for a mother.
43. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
49. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
50. Any of various units of capacity.
52. Type genus of the Amiidae.
54. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
55. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
57. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
60. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. A city in northern India.
65. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
67. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
69. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
70. Someone who leaves.
71. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
75. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Being nine more than ninety.

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