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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
8. Armor plate that protects the chest.
12. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
18. A beautiful and graceful girl.
19. An organization of military land forces.
20. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
21. An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
27. 32nd President of the United States.
29. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
30. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
33. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
35. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
37. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
38. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
39. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
40. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
42. The highest level or degree attainable.
44. An adult male singer with the lowest voice.
48. A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador.
50. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
52. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
53. A quantity that is added.
55. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
59. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
60. (British slang) Cafe.
62. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
64. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
66. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
69. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
70. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
73. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
75. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
76. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
78. Very light colored.
79. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
80. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
84. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
86. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
87. Celebrated in fable or legend.
90. Type genus of the Gavidae.
94. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
97. A Hindu prince or king in India.
99. Black tropical American cuckoo.
100. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
101. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
102. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
103. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
104. Tag the base runner to get him out.
105. German writer (1830-1914).
106. A small cake leavened with yeast.
107. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
4. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
5. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
6. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
7. Old World woody vines.
8. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
9. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
12. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
13. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
14. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
15. An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor.
22. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
25. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma.
28. The specified day of the month.
31. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
32. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
34. 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.
36. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
45. Be going to.
46. A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva.
47. Being or passing over or across the sea.
49. Urgently needed.
51. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
61. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
65. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
67. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
68. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
71. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
74. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
77. With safety.
81. Jordan's port.
82. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
83. Lower in esteem.
85. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
88. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
89. Fallow deer.
91. Characteristic of false pride.
92. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
93. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
95. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
96. (used informally) Very small.
98. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
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