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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
9. English essayist (1775-1834).
13. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
16. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
17. The brother of your father or mother.
18. Sudden sharp painful emotion.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
22. Bring to light.
24. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
25. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
27. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
29. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
31. A base hit on which the batter scores a run.
33. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
36. Love unquestioningly and uncritically.
37. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
38. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
41. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
44. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. French film maker influenced by surrealism.
53. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
55. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
57. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
58. Common Old World thrush noted for its song.
59. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
61. Slightly open.
63. A person who pursues and activity in their spare time for pleasure.
64. A person of subnormal intelligence.
66. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
67. Indigo bush.
68. An Irish girl.
72. Flat tableland with steep edges.
73. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
78. South American caracara.
82. A Mid-Atlantic state.
83. Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815).
85. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
86. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
88. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
89. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
90. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
92. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
93. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
94. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
95. Not only so, but.
96. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
3. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
4. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
5. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn.
8. British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999).
9. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
10. In large part.
11. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
14. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
15. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
21. South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers.
23. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
26. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
30. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
32. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
35. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
39. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
41. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects.
42. A stupid mistake.
43. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
45. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
47. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1880-1954).
52. Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
54. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
62. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
65. (used informally) Very small.
66. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
69. The act of escaping physically.
70. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
71. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
74. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
75. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
76. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
77. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
79. Report or maintain.
80. Having been read.
81. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
84. A thrusting blow with a knife.
85. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
87. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
88. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
91. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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