Crossword Puzzle Number 655 (Medium Grid)

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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico.
12. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
15. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
17. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
18. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
19. Family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
23. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
25. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
27. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
30. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
31. A genus of Tettigoniidae.
34. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
39. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
40. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. A kind of literary or artistic work.
45. African mahogany trees.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
50. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
52. Jordan's port.
56. Having no parts resembling rays.
59. (Roman mythology) God of fire and metal working.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. The basic unit of money in Slovakia.
65. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
68. A genus of Scolopacidae.
70. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
73. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
74. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
76. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
77. Deeply moved.
78. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
79. A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.

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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
7. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
8. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
9. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
10. The wife or widow of a czar.
11. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
12. A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
13. The closing section of a musical composition.
14. A major god.
22. One bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service.
24. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A trade language widely used in Chad.
32. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
33. Full of seeds.
35. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
36. Like peat.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
42. Squash bugs.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. Spider monkeys.
49. Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
53. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
54. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
55. Not having a tail.
57. A cry of sorrow and grief.
58. Strike with a flat object.
60. Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).
63. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
64. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
66. A quantity of no importance.
67. A city in northwestern Syria.
69. Report or maintain.
71. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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