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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
9. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
13. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
16. Being one more than ninety.
17. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. Spider monkeys.
23. An iconic mental representation.
25. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
26. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
27. The academic world.
29. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. By bad luck.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. Late time of life.
46. A state in the eastern United States.
47. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
49. Submerged freshwater perennials.
51. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
56. The eleventh month of the civil year.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
59. Something causes misery or death.
61. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
64. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
66. Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943).
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny.
70. A bluish shade of green.
71. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos.
74. Cry plaintively.
75. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
77. Lacking gonads.
79. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
81. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
83. A state in northwestern North America.
86. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
93. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
95. Any fern of the genus Woodsia.
97. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
99. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
100. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
101. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
103. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
104. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
105. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
106. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
107. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
108. An awkward stupid person.
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1. Being six more than sixty.
2. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
3. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
4. A fraudulent business scheme.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
7. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
8. A person who acts and gets things done.
9. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
10. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
11. Before noon.
12. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
13. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
21. A pirate along the Barbary coast.
24. Flat tableland with steep edges.
28. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
34. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
36. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
37. Minor or subordinate.
39. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae.
40. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
42. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. Bake in an oven.
52. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
53. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
55. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
60. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
62. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
63. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
65. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
67. Exultantly proud and joyful.
72. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
73. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
78. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
80. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
82. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
84. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
85. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
87. Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.
88. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
89. A sudden short attack.
90. Largest known toad species.
91. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
92. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
93. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
94. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
96. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
98. An electrically charged particle.
102. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
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