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1. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
4. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
11. Any cone-shaped artifact.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
17. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
18. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
19. The fur of a rabbit.
20. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
24. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
27. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
36. An outstanding example of its kind.
40. Term of address for a man.
41. Any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs.
44. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
45. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
47. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
49. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
51. Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility).
52. A small nail.
53. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
55. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
56. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
59. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
62. (architecture) Lacking columns or pillars.
65. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
69. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
70. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Noisy talk.
75. A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
76. Informal terms for a mother.
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
78. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
79. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. United States writer (born in 1915).
2. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
5. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
9. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
10. The habitation of wild animals.
11. (classical mythology) A mythical being that is half man and half horse.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
14. Catch sight of.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. A substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned.
25. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
26. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
28. Fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat.
30. German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945).
33. A public lecturer at certain universities.
34. A state of agitation or turbulent change or development.
35. Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958).
37. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
39. Lacking in light.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
46. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
48. Thin and fit.
50. A genus of Anatidae.
54. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
57. First in order of importance.
58. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
60. Small songbirds resembling larks.
61. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
63. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
66. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
67. Very dark black.
68. Avatar of Vishnu.
71. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
72. A strong emotion.
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