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1. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. Being precisely fitting and right.
13. Not reflecting light.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. The address where a person lives.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
22. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog).
23. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
24. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
26. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
28. A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
31. A hidden drawback.
32. Repetition or recapitulation in reverse order.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. Everyone except the clergy.
40. The seventh and last day of the week.
42. The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
44. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
45. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
48. Belonging to some prior time.
49. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
52. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
53. Mature male goose.
55. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
56. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
59. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
60. Used of old persons or old trees.
62. An active and efficient cause.
65. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
68. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
69. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
70. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
71. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
79. A branch of the Tai languages.
81. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
82. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
83. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
85. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
88. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
93. A cruel and brutal fellow.
94. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
95. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
96. Any competition.
98. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
99. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
100. A city in western Germany on the Rhine River.
101. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
102. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
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1. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
4. (British) A ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
9. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
10. Raised above ground level.
11. Enthusiastic approval.
12. The sound made by a gentle blow.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
25. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
27. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
29. A doctor's degree in optometry.
30. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
33. The capital of Sicily.
34. King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Saint Edward the Martyr was murdered.
36. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
37. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
38. Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers.
41. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
43. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
46. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682).
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
57. A port in southwestern Scotland.
61. A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived.
63. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something.
64. Founder in 1629 of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665).
66. Causing great physical or mental suffering.
67. A flexible container with a single opening.
72. A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.
74. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
76. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
78. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
80. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
81. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
84. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
86. A Spanish river.
87. Informal terms for a human head.
89. A local computer network for communication between computers.
90. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
91. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
92. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
97. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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