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1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
4. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
9. Climbing vine native to China.
13. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
16. Being one more than two.
17. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. How long something has existed.
20. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
24. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
25. Align anew or better.
26. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
28. Provided with artificial light.
29. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
31. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
33. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
35. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
38. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
39. Fiddler crabs.
41. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
51. Make secure by lashing.
52. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
53. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
55. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
57. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
59. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
62. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
63. A deep bow.
64. North American bluebirds.
65. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
68. An awkward stupid person.
70. Free from dirt or impurities.
71. Causing fear or dread or terror.
72. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
75. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
77. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
78. A bachelor's degree in religion.
79. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
81. A partially opened flower.
83. Fallow deer.
88. Any unwholesome or desperate condition.
92. Inability to walk.
93. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
95. A slender double-reed instrument.
96. A group of countries in special alliance.
97. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
99. A Loloish language.
100. A genus of European owls.
101. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
102. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
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1. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
2. A growth in strength or number or importance.
3. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
4. Of or related to aplite.
5. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
6. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
9. God of love and erotic desire.
10. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
11. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
14. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
15. The fourth month of the civil year.
21. Abnormally small production of urine.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A language of Australian aborigines.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. A merchant who sells goods at retail.
36. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
42. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
43. Of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both.
44. (British) A person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent).
45. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
47. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
58. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
60. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
61. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
66. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
67. A doctor's degree in education.
69. Extremely pleasing.
73. Having or denoting a high range.
74. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
76. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
80. United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930).
81. Informal terms for a mother.
82. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
84. A bachelor's degree in library science.
85. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
86. The quantity a cask will hold.
87. Produced by a manufacturing process.
89. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
90. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
91. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
94. The seventh and last day of the week.
98. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
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