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1. The unit of frequency.
4. Needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Defeat (oneself) by going too far.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. A master's degree in business.
19. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
20. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
21. 1 species.
23. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
25. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
27. A state in north central United States.
29. North African gerbils.
30. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
32. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A state in northwestern North America.
40. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
42. Consisting of or made of cedar.
43. Tag the base runner to get him out.
44. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
48. A human limb.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
52. Jordan's port.
54. A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
56. A state in midwestern United States.
58. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
60. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
62. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
65. A state in New England.
66. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
70. The cry made by sheep.
71. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
74. Wife of Balder.
75. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
76. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
78. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. A great raja.
81. A manner of performance.
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1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
2. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
3. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
4. Napoleon defeated the Russians in a pitched battle at Borodino in 1812, but irreparably weakened his army.
5. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
6. Provide with a new binding, as of books.
7. Relatively large in size or number or extent.
8. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
9. An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
10. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
11. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
12. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
13. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
14. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
22. Re-equip a factory or plant.
24. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
26. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. American dwarf fan palms.
35. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
37. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
38. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
39. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
41. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
45. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
46. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
47. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
50. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
53. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
55. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
63. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
64. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
67. Again but in a new or different way.
68. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
69. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
72. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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