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1. Top part of an apron.
4. A deep pan with a handle.
12. A boy or man.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
19. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
23. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
24. Atypically small.
27. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
29. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
33. In bed.
36. God of the underworld and judge of the dead.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
40. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
44. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
45. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
48. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
51. Roar louder than.
53. Australian wild horse.
54. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
56. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
59. A Mid-Atlantic state.
60. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
63. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
65. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
69. A particular environment or walk of life.
73. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
74. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
76. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
77. Take in solid food.
78. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. With no effort to conceal.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
5. A port in southwestern Scotland.
6. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
7. A gum resin from the conium hemlock tree.
8. An opening that permits escape or release.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. As of a conifer.
12. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
22. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
25. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
26. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Wild ginger.
31. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. Little known Kamarupan languages.
35. A hotel for motorists.
37. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
39. 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. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
42. A fortified military post where troops are stationed.
43. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
46. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
57. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
58. Open and observable.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Jordan's port.
64. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
66. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. A negative.
72. A light touch or stroke.
75. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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