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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. Time during which some action is awaited.
8. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
12. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
16. (Irish) The sea personified.
17. A city in northern India.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
22. Lacking excess flesh.
23. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
24. Jutting or overhanging.
26. Being in competition.
28. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
29. A state in east central United States.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. The square of a body of any size of type.
34. Water frozen in the solid state.
39. Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats.
45. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
46. An Eskimo hut.
47. How long something has existed.
49. A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads).
51. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
53. Using speech rather than writing.
54. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
57. God of wealth and love.
59. The capital and largest city of Mozambique.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. An island of central Hawaii.
62. Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans.
64. A state in New England.
65. A town in north central Oklahoma.
67. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. Being nine more than ninety.
70. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
73. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
75. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
79. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
82. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
85. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. A bottomless gulf or pit.
88. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
90. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
91. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
92. Lower in esteem.
93. In addition.
94. A light touch or stroke.
95. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
96. A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business.
97. Common Indian weaverbird.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I.
5. American novelist (1909-1955).
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
8. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
9. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
11. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
12. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
13. Jordan's port.
14. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
15. Made of fir or pine.
25. Used by Maoris for thatching.
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
33. A subfamily of Indic languages.
35. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
36. Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
37. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
38. Of or relating to syllables.
40. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
41. Involving two dimensions.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
43. An antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)) used to treat bacterial infections.
44. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
48. A drawstring bag for holding money.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
52. Rich and superior in quality.
55. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
56. A state in northwestern North America.
58. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
63. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
66. Unwisely talking too much.
67. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
68. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
72. An adult male singer with the lowest voice.
74. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
75. A state in the eastern United States.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
78. South African term for `boss'.
80. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
83. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
84. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
87. A master's degree in education.
88. Black tropical American cuckoo.
89. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
90. Informal terms for a mother.
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