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1. 10 grams.
4. A path set aside for walking.
9. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
18. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
19. The residue that remains when something is burned.
20. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
22. A liquid solution that results from elution.
24. Towards the side away from the wind.
25. Jordan's port.
26. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. In bed.
32. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
35. Type genus of the Bramidae.
39. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
41. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. Lap at the front of a coat.
46. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
48. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
49. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
53. Not out.
54. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
55. A port city in southwestern Iran.
59. A European river.
61. The commonest type of solidified lava.
62. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
64. A state in midwestern United States.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
68. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
69. Antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections.
75. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
78. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
81. Greek mythology.
85. The ending of a series or sequence.
87. Well matched.
88. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
89. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
92. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
94. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
95. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
96. Any plant of the genus Erica.
97. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
98. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
9. Goddess of fate.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
11. A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
12. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
13. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
14. A river in southeastern France.
15. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
21. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
23. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
34. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
36. Covered with paving material.
37. Wearing or provided with clothing.
38. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
40. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric.
43. The third month of the civil year.
44. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
47. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
52. The cry made by sheep.
56. A salesman who travels to call on customers.
57. Depressing in character or appearance.
58. The lowest brass wind instrument.
60. A motley assortment of things.
63. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
66. Army unit smaller than a division.
67. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
70. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
71. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
72. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
73. Of or relating to a creed.
74. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
76. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
77. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
78. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
79. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
82. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
83. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
84. On or toward the lee.
86. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
90. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
91. Being one more than one hundred.
93. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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