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1. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
12. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
16. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
17. God of death.
18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
20. The basic unit of money in Iran.
22. The brightest star in the sky.
24. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
27. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
28. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
29. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. The combined stakes of the betters.
32. An elaborate song for solo voice.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
43. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
45. Humble request for help.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. Employed in accomplishing something.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
51. Affected manners intended to impress others.
53. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
54. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
56. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
57. Playful in an appealingly bold way.
60. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
62. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
66. A person who makes use of a thing.
67. Lasting through an entire day adv.
71. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
73. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
77. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
80. Mix up or confuse.
82. Satisfy (thirst).
83. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
84. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
87. A city in northwestern Syria.
89. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
90. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
91. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
92. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
93. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
95. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
96. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
97. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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1. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. Jordan's port.
4. Before noon.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
7. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
8. The grounds in back of a house.
9. (Babylonian) The sky god.
10. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
11. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
14. Make oneself subject to.
15. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
21. Immature of its kind.
23. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
31. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
33. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
35. A Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya.
36. Heard through another rather than directly.
37. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
38. A city and port in northern Jutland.
40. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
41. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
42. A manner of performance.
48. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
52. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
55. Fill with high spirits.
58. Howler monkeys.
59. A soft silvery metallic element.
61. Common black European thrush.
64. (archaic) A fitting reward.
65. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
66. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
68. A state in southeastern United States.
69. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
70. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
72. Follower of Rastafarianism.
74. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
75. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
76. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
78. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
79. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
81. Praise, glorify, or honor.
85. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
86. The residue that remains when something is burned.
88. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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