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1. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
5. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
13. Common Indian weaverbird.
17. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
18. A genus of Portunidae.
19. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River.
20. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
21. Gossip spread by spoken communication.
22. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
23. City in central Iran.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
30. A theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon).
33. A member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu islands southwest of Japan.
38. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
41. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
42. A short crowbar.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
46. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
49. Goddess of fertility.
50. United States writer of children's books (1904-1991).
53. A lake in northwestern Russia.
55. Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals).
56. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
57. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
58. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
59. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
60. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
62. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
65. Being one more than three.
67. A person who eats human flesh.
70. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
71. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
74. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
75. An inhabitant of Lappland.
76. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
77. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
82. A committee having supervisory powers.
83. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
85. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
86. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
87. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
88. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
90. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
92. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
94. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
95. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
96. A small cake leavened with yeast.
97. In bed.
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1. Type genus of the Musaceae.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. Gather, as of as crops.
4. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
5. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
6. Give expression to.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
9. Of a pale purple color.
10. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
11. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
12. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
13. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
14. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
15. The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485.
16. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
24. (informal) Very good.
26. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
28. English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934).
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
31. A source of materials to nourish the body.
32. A port city in eastern Mexico.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
35. An edict of the Russian tsar.
36. Covered with an awning.
37. Upset and make nauseated.
39. The mints.
40. From 230 million to 280 million years ago.
43. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
45. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
47. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
48. Made over usually with changes.
51. Marked by correspondence or resemblance.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
54. The skin that covers the top of the head.
61. (of radiate organisms) Located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated.
62. An informal term for a father.
63. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
64. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
66. Someone who willfully destroys or defaces property.
68. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
72. Of or relating to George Boole or his logic.
73. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
78. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
79. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
80. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
81. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
84. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
89. An expression of greeting.
91. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
93. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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