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1. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
4. In bed.
8. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
12. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
18. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
19. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
20. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
22. Small and light boat.
24. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
25. The highest level or degree attainable.
26. Correction by erasing.
29. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
31. Bubble shells.
33. A final climactic stage.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
42. Same in identity.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
47. Affect with wonder.
49. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
50. The capital and largest city of Japan.
51. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
56. United States writer (born in 1915).
59. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
62. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
64. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
65. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
67. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
68. 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. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
72. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
73. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
75. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
77. A genus of Nymphalidae.
79. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
81. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
84. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India.
88. A small cake leavened with yeast.
92. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
93. Having two feet.
96. A Formosan language.
98. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
99. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
100. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
102. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
103. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
104. A desert in southern Israel.
105. A condition requiring relief.
106. The residue that remains when something is burned.
107. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
3. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Fertilizer made of ground bones.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
8. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
9. Away from the mouth or oral region.
10. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
11. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
12. (Babylonian) In older pantheon.
13. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
14. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
15. The act of using.
21. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
23. Wild ginger.
27. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
34. A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense.
35. Unequivocally detestable.
37. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
40. 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.
41. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
43. A town in southern Turkey.
44. Gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.
45. Mason wasps.
48. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
54. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. A knapsack (usually for a soldier).
58. A large quantity of written matter.
60. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
61. Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
63. An innocuous or inert medication.
66. Poisonous herbs.
70. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
74. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
76. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
80. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
82. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
83. United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941).
85. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
86. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
87. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
89. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
90. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
91. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
94. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
95. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
97. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
101. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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