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1. A sharp change in direction.
4. Music composed for dancing the conga.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
18. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
19. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
20. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
21. A twilled woolen fabric.
22. (Roman mythology) God of love.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid.
27. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
29. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
30. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
32. Of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
39. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
42. Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
43. Tropical Asian starlings.
44. An insertion into a calendar.
48. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
49. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
51. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
53. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
55. Darkened with overcast.
56. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
57. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
58. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
59. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
60. Small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa.
62. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
64. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
65. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
66. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
69. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
70. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
76. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
78. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. Moving slowly and gently.
84. A large indefinite number.
85. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
88. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
90. In bed.
92. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
93. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
94. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
95. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
96. Being one more than ninety.
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1. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
2. Be obedient to.
3. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
4. Having cusps or points.
5. Tire excessively.
6. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
7. A comedian who uses gags.
8. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
9. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
10. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
11. Gone by.
12. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
13. Not only so, but.
14. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
15. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
25. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
26. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
28. A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
31. A fraudulent business scheme.
33. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
34. An incurable optimist in "Candide" (a satire by Voltaire).
35. High status importance owing to marked superiority.
36. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
37. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora.
38. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
40. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
41. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
45. A term used in Scottish names of promontories.
46. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
47. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. Marked by blithe unconcern.
52. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
54. An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes.
61. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
62. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
63. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
67. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
68. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
71. Lower in esteem.
72. Jordan's port.
74. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
75. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
77. 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.
78. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
80. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
81. A local computer network for communication between computers.
82. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
83. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
86. Tag the base runner to get him out.
87. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
89. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
90. A strong emotion.
91. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
92. Being nine more than ninety.
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