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1. Pan with a convex bottom.
4. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
17. Great in vertical dimension.
18. A young woman making her debut into society.
19. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
20. A powerful operating system developed at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
35. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
44. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
47. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
49. A person who rescues you from harm or danger.
51. A single symbol that represents an entire word or phrase.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
55. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
56. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
59. Make amends for.
63. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
67. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
68. The amount a salary is increased.
70. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
71. 10 grams.
72. Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
76. A genus of Picidae.
77. A master's degree in education.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
7. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
8. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
9. A chronic drinker.
10. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
11. Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.
12. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. Being ten more than one hundred sixty.
22. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
24. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
30. Of or relating to George Boole or his logic.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
34. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
36. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
40. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
41. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
42. A comedian who uses gags.
43. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
45. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
46. 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.
48. The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth.
50. 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.
54. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
57. United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912).
58. An iconic mental representation.
60. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
61. The beach at a seaside resort.
62. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
64. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
65. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
69. Of southern Europe.
73. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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