Crossword Puzzle Number 632 (Medium Grid)

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1. The month following September and preceding November.
4. Cook too long.
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
15. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
16. A Spanish courtesy title for a girl or unmarried woman.
17. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
18. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
20. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Waves breaking on the shore.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
30. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. Money extracted as a penalty.
34. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. Of or being the lowest female voice.
40. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
42. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
44. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
48. Bubble shells.
52. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
54. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
56. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
57. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
59. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
60. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
62. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
64. Capable of being added or added to.
65. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
68. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
69. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
77. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
79. A lake in northwestern Russia.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
83. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc.
85. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
86. A tight-fitting headdress.
87. Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
88. The basic unit of money in Romania.

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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
3. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
4. Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
5. Meat from a calf.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
8. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
9. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
10. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
12. A severe or trying experience.
13. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
14. A bachelor's degree in library science.
19. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
26. Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab n.
29. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
39. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
41. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
43. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
47. Exultantly proud and joyful.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Having been read.
51. Slow to learn or understand.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
55. The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
61. A feeling of intense anger.
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
66. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
67. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
70. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
71. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
72. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
73. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
74. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
75. A slender double-reed instrument.
76. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
78. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
80. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
84. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

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