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1. Fiddler crabs.
4. Eliminate from the body.
9. A wound made by cutting.
13. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
16. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
17. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A person active in party politics.
20. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
22. The capital of Nationalist China.
24. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
26. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
27. An important god.
28. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
29. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
32. A long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward.
35. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
37. Secured or held in place by tape.
40. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. At a previous time.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
48. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
49. A person who lacks good judgment.
51. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
52. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
53. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
55. A rapid bustling commotion.
56. Water frozen in the solid state.
58. Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
63. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
66. Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
67. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
69. Belonging to some prior time.
71. A cart that is drawn by an ox.
73. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
76. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
79. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
83. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
84. (used of an anchor) Hanging clear of the bottom.
87. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico.
89. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
90. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
91. Opinion or judgment.
93. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
94. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
95. American novelist (1909-1955).
96. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
97. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
2. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. A green transparent form of beryl.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
7. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
8. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
11. A white trivalent metallic element.
12. English privateer involved in the slave trade.
13. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
14. Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits.
15. Appeal or request earnestly.
21. One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.
23. A chain of mountains between France and Spain.
25. Resembling swine.
30. A substance that abrades or wears down.
31. Being one more than fifty.
33. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
34. The highest or uppermost side of anything.
36. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
38. A writer who collaborates with others in writing something.
39. A Loloish language.
41. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
42. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
43. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
45. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
50. Capable of being influenced or formed.
54. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
59. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
60. Usually good-naturedly mischievous.
62. The quality of being lax and neglectful.
63. A green transparent form of beryl.
64. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
65. Make less visible or unclear.
68. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
70. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
74. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
75. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
77. A genus of Mustelidae.
78. Make reference to.
80. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
81. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
82. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
86. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
88. The sign language used in the United States.
92. A Loloish language.
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