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1. Goddess of fertility.
5. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
9. A master's degree in religion.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. The month following August and preceding October.
17. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
18. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
19. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
20. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
21. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation.
23. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
29. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
32. A book of the New Testament.
34. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
35. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
36. Felt hat with a creased crown.
40. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
42. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Toward the mouth or oral region.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. A state in midwestern United States.
53. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
54. Of or relating to or made from a ceramic.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
59. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
60. An indication of approved or superior status.
64. Type genus of the Suidae.
65. The residue that remains when something is burned.
66. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
67. A heading that names a statute or legislative bill.
69. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
74. The face of a timepiece.
75. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
77. Before noon.
78. Physically and mentally fatigued.
80. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
82. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
90. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
94. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
95. Obvious and dull.
97. Any of various units of capacity.
100. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
102. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
103. Take in solid food.
104. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
105. Suggestive of the supernatural.
106. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
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1. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
2. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
3. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
4. Standard temperature and pressure.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
8. Noisy quarrel.
9. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
10. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
11. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
12. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
13. Sour or bitter in taste.
14. The basic unit of money in Iran.
15. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
22. Right-hand page.
24. French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878).
26. Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream.
27. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
30. Mostly black African weaverbird.
31. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
33. United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973).
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. Having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
39. In a stupid manner.
41. A crime that undermines the offender's government.
43. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
48. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
50. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
51. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
55. A master's degree in education.
57. Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. Being of delicate or slender build.
63. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
68. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
70. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
71. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
72. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
73. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
81. A young woman.
84. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
85. Disabled in the feet or legs.
87. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
88. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
89. Any competition.
91. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
92. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
93. An unforeseen obstacle.
96. One or some or every or all without specification.
98. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
99. Informal terms for a mother.
101. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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