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1. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882).
9. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
13. An honorary degree in science.
16. (Sumerian) Sun god.
17. Complacently or inanely foolish.
18. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
22. A town in central Belgium.
24. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
25. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
28. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
30. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
31. Make editorial changes (in a text).
34. Avatar of Vishnu.
35. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
39. Having been read.
40. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
45. Advanced in years.
47. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
51. Tropical Asian starlings.
52. Ornamental work (such a embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings.
55. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
56. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
57. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
61. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
66. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk.
68. Informal terms for a mother.
71. Not final or absolute.
72. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
74. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
76. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
77. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
79. Giant shipworms.
83. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
87. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
91. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
95. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
96. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
97. English monk and scholar (672-735).
98. Type genus of the Anatidae.
99. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. A sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling.
2. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
5. Black tropical American cuckoo.
6. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
7. Half the width of an em.
8. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
9. The sign language used in the United States.
10. (Japanese) A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
11. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
12. Informal terms for a meal.
13. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
14. Thick like cream.
15. Russian country house.
21. Earless seals.
23. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
32. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
33. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
36. Characteristic of a region.
38. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
41. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
42. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
43. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
44. Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
46. Wild and domestic cattle.
48. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
50. Socially disoriented.
53. A genus of Mustelidae.
54. A fee charged for the use of a wharf.
59. A radioactive transuranic element.
62. Small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur.
64. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
65. The process of exposing to air (so as to purify).
67. A member of the Uniat Church.
69. A town in northern Egypt.
70. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
80. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
81. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
84. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
85. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
86. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
88. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
89. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
90. An associate degree in applied science.
92. A Russian river.
93. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
94. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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