Crossword Puzzle Number 3634 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions.
5. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
11. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
15. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
16. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
17. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
18. (British slang) An unpleasant smell.
19. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
21. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
23. The food served and eaten at one time.
24. American dramatist (1928- ).
25. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
26. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
32. A decree that prohibits something.
39. Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination).
41. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
42. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
43. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
48. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
51. In an artful manner.
53. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
54. A cruel and brutal fellow.
57. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
59. Remote from actual involvement.
62. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
66. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
67. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
70. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
71. A primeval personification of air and breath.
72. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
73. A notable achievement.
74. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
75. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
2. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
3. A jurist who interprets Muslim law.
4. Having two faces or fronts.
5. And nothing more.
6. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
7. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
8. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
9. The third month of the civil year.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on.
12. Jordan's port.
13. Any competition.
14. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
20. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
22. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
27. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
28. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
29. (`lief' is archaic) Very willing.
30. A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin.
31. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
33. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
34. A woman who is the custodian of children.
35. An unimaginably large amount.
36. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
37. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
38. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
40. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane.
49. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
50. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
52. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
55. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
56. A state of northeastern India.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. Avatar of Vishnu.
61. One of the Muslim people of Africa.
63. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. A quantity of no importance.
68. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
69. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).

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