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1. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
4. A city in central New York.
9. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
13. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
17. Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits.
18. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
19. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
23. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
25. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
27. A preparation used in cleaning something.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
33. A state in midwestern United States.
34. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
39. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
40. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
41. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. The government (political and military) of the Soviet Union.
50. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
51. A support or foundation.
52. A Loloish language.
54. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
55. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
56. A low one-horse box sleigh.
59. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
62. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
63. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
64. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
65. A state in New England.
68. On the contrary.
70. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
71. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
74. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
82. Unable to see.
88. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
89. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
91. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
93. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
94. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
95. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
96. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
97. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
98. Brought into existence.
99. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
100. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
101. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
102. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. Toward the mouth or oral region.
4. Beyond what is natural.
5. To an excessive degree.
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. A medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. A state in the western United States.
14. New Zealand conifer.
15. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
26. Method or manner of conduct in relation to others.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Excess of urea in the urine.
36. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
37. (archaic) A fitting reward.
38. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
42. Squash bugs.
44. Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails.
45. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
48. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
49. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
58. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
60. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk.
61. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
66. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
67. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
69. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
70. A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
72. A resident of Maine.
73. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
76. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
77. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
79. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
80. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
81. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
83. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
84. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
85. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
86. (British slang) Cafe.
87. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
91. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
92. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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