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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
9. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
17. A slender double-reed instrument.
18. Expel, as of gases and odors.
19. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
20. A genus of Mustelidae.
21. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
22. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
25. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux.
31. God of fire.
34. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
37. A federally chartered savings bank.
38. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
39. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
42. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
43. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
49. Wind god.
50. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
53. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
54. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
55. Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.
57. The basic unit of money in Peru.
59. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
60. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
62. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
63. The face or front of a building.
65. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
66. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
70. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
71. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
77. By bad luck.
78. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
81. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
85. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
87. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
89. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. Not divisible by two.
91. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
93. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
94. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
95. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
96. A small cake leavened with yeast.
97. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
4. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
5. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
6. A mining town in southern Wales.
7. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. An iconic mental representation.
11. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
12. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
13. A republic in northwestern South America.
14. Used especially of fruits.
15. American dwarf fan palms.
26. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
28. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
30. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
32. Of or relating to the gonads.
33. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
35. Any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.
36. General who commanded the Carthaginian army in the Second Punic War.
40. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
41. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
43. A language of Australian aborigines.
44. (Greek mythology) One of the three Gorgons.
46. Emotionally affected.
48. Tie again or anew.
51. The brightest star in Scorpius.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. A genus of Ploceidae.
64. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
67. (Greek mythology) A woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena.
69. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
72. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
73. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
74. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
75. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
76. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
79. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
80. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
81. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
82. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
83. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
84. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
86. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
88. A light touch or stroke.
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