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1. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
12. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
18. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
19. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
20. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
22. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
24. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
25. An elaborate song for solo voice.
26. Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle.
29. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
31. 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.
33. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
37. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
41. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
45. Used of a single unit or thing.
46. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
50. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
51. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
52. Not easy.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
57. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
58. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
59. Of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.
60. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
62. Lower in esteem.
64. Social status or position conferred by a system based on class.
65. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
67. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
69. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
70. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
73. The event of dying or departure from life.
76. Made of the easy-to-cut wood of a coniferous tree, as e.g. pine.
79. French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851).
83. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
84. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
86. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
87. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
88. Containing or filled with salt.
89. English monk and scholar (672-735).
91. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
92. Late time of life.
93. (Greek mythology) God of love.
94. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
95. Chief port of Yemen.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. German composer (1833-1897).
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
8. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
10. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. The longest division of geological time.
12. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
13. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
14. Channel into a new direction.
15. Socially incorrect in behavior.
21. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
23. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
27. The state capital of South Australia.
28. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
30. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
32. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
34. Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
35. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
36. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
38. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt).
39. Weaken mentally or morally.
40. (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
42. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
43. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
44. Blood-sucking African fly.
47. A radioactive transuranic element.
48. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
49. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
54. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
56. A genus of Psittacidae.
61. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal.
64. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom.
68. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
71. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
72. United States playwright (1906-1963).
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. Rounded like an egg.
78. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
80. A sudden short attack.
81. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
82. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
90. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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