Crossword Puzzle Number 3438 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
12. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
15. Avatar of Vishnu.
16. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
17. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
18. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
20. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
21. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
22. The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
25. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. Praise somewhat dishonestly.
31. A ski run densely packed with snow.
34. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
38. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
39. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
41. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
47. A human female who does housework.
48. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
50. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
52. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
54. A native of ancient Troy.
57. A state in midwestern United States.
58. In operation or operational.
59. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
62. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
65. On or toward the lee.
67. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
68. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
73. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
76. Imperial moths.
77. Of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century.
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
82. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
84. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
85. In or of the next month after the present.
86. (Christianity) Holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine.
87. Used of a single unit or thing.

DOWN

1. Toward the mouth or oral region.
2. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
3. Expel, as of gases and odors.
4. A warning against certain acts.
5. Having the slant of a bevel.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
8. Any plant of the genus Inula.
9. Textual matter that is added onto a publication.
10. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
11. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
12. English film actress (1913-1967).
13. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
14. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
19. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
26. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
29. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
36. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
37. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
40. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
42. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
49. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
51. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. Type genus of the Nepidae.
60. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
61. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
63. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
64. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
66. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
69. The habitation of wild animals.
70. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
71. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
72. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
74. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
75. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
78. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
79. A column of light (as from a beacon).
83. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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