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1. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
4. (Greek mythology) The husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. Loose or flaccid body fat.
19. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
20. The smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail.
24. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
25. A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).
27. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
28. United States baseball player (born 1925).
30. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
31. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
33. Before noon.
35. A police officer who investigates crimes.
37. Cast again, in a different role.
40. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
42. Coils of worsted yarn.
45. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
46. A unit of subjective loudness.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
52. A disdainful pouting grimace.
53. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
55. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
56. (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
60. The closing section of a musical composition.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. Childcare during the day while parents work.
66. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
67. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
69. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
71. A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used.
73. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
76. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
77. The skin that covers the top of the head.
81. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
90. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
92. A city in northern India.
93. Using the voice in song.
94. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
95. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. Heal or recover.
97. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
98. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. In a dim indistinct manner.
4. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
5. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
6. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
9. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
14. The basic unit of money on Malta.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. A B vitamin that aids in body growth.
22. A small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
23. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
26. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
29. God of the earth.
32. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
34. A great rani.
36. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
38. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
39. A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
41. With honey added.
43. Being one more than two.
44. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
47. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
48. Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
54. Coconut palms.
57. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
58. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
59. Wood of a sumac.
63. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
64. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
65. The capital of Australia.
68. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
69. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
70. (anatomy) Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
72. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
74. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
75. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
78. 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.
79. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
80. A major god.
82. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
83. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
84. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
85. A French abbot.
88. How long something has existed.
89. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
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