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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
17. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
18. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
19. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Not ended.
24. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
26. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
27. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
29. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
30. Type genus of the Otariidae.
32. Jordan's port.
34. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.
37. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
39. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
43. Something causes misery or death.
46. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
49. A genus of Mustelidae.
50. An onerous or difficult concern.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. Commodities offered for sale.
54. A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics).
55. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
58. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
59. An informal debt instrument.
60. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
61. Consider as ideal.
64. A fraudulent business scheme.
66. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
67. The mansion of the lord of the manor.
68. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
72. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
73. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
75. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
76. (nautical) Of an anchor.
79. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
83. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
87. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
89. A farewell remark.
91. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
92. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
93. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
96. Avatar of Vishnu.
98. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
99. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
100. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
101. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
102. The residue that remains when something is burned.
103. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
104. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
105. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
106. A city in north central Morocco.
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1. Beat severely with a whip or rod.
2. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
3. American novelist (1909-1955).
4. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
5. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
6. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
9. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
13. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
14. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. (superlative of `close') Indicating the one of several that is the shortest distance away adv.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
28. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
31. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
36. Not usual or common or ordinary.
38. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
40. A hose that carries air under pressure.
41. A crime that undermines the offender's government.
42. Lying toward or situated in the east.
44. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
47. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
48. A port city in southwestern Iran.
52. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
56. Necessary for relief or supply.
57. 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.
62. Before noon.
63. No longer active or practicing.
65. Not growing or changing.
69. A white trivalent metallic element.
71. 1 species.
72. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
74. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
77. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
78. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
80. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
81. A doctor's degree in religion.
82. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
84. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
85. Lower in esteem.
86. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
88. An unofficial association of people or groups.
89. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
90. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
94. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
97. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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