Crossword Puzzle Number 6232 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Goddess of fate.
5. A long hooded overcoat.
11. Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure.
15. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
16. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
17. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
18. Dwell (archaic).
19. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
20. Characteristic of false pride.
21. Used of a single unit or thing.
23. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
33. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
37. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
41. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
42. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
43. Army unit smaller than a division.
46. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
54. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
56. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
58. A human female who does housework.
59. A master's degree in education.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
63. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
65. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
68. A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city.
72. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
76. Avatar of Vishnu.
77. The month following February and preceding April.
80. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
81. Baby bed with high sides.
82. Inability to walk.
84. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
85. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
86. Chew the fat.
87. British politician (1788-1850).

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1. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
2. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
3. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
4. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
5. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
6. Away from the mouth or oral region.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
10. Informal terms for a meal.
11. A warning against certain acts.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
14. The template for protein synthesis.
22. A native-born Israeli.
24. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
28. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
36. United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923).
38. Resembling a beast.
39. Treated with oil.
40. A doctor's degree in religion.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
48. Belonging to some prior time.
51. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
52. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
55. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
57. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
61. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
64. Jordan's port.
66. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
67. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
69. Not widely known.
70. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
71. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
73. Make secure by lashing.
74. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
75. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
78. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
79. Step on it.
83. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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