Crossword Puzzle Number 6696 (Medium Grid)

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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. Covered with paving material.
12. An accountant certified by the state.
15. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
17. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
18. New Guinea echidnas.
19. Offensively discourteous.
21. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
25. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
26. Make attractive or lovable.
29. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
32. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
35. Lacking motor coordination.
41. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
44. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
52. Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food v 1.
53. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
57. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
61. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
65. How long something has existed.
69. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
70. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
71. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
72. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
73. The month following April and preceding June.
74. Genus of tropical American timber trees.
75. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

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2. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
5. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
6. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
12. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
13. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
14. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
20. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
27. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
28. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
30. Common house and field crickets.
31. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
33. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
37. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
38. A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India.
39. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
40. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
42. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
43. A traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
49. Writing of poor quality.
50. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
51. A clergyman.
54. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
56. Filled with a great quantity.
58. A city in northern India.
59. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
60. Articles of the same kind or material.
62. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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