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1. Pan with a convex bottom.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. Vietnamese New Year.
19. Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies.
20. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
21. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
23. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
24. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
26. Being one more than fifty.
27. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
30. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
31. A thrusting blow with a knife.
33. Worthy of imitation.
34. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
37. Suggestive of the supernatural.
38. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
40. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
41. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood.
47. In operation or operational.
48. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
50. Not only so, but.
52. An enclosed space.
54. Civet of Madagascar.
57. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
58. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
61. Distant in either space or time.
62. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
65. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
70. Number the pages of a book or manuscript.
74. A rapid bustling commotion.
75. A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived.
78. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
79. British informal term.
80. The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine).
81. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
82. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
83. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
84. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
4. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
5. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
6. The money risked on a gamble.
7. Army unit smaller than a division.
8. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
9. Being two more than fifty.
10. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
11. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
12. Not genuine.
13. A Loloish language.
14. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
22. A military dictatorship in North Africa on the Mediterranean.
25. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
28. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
29. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
32. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
35. A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae.
36. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. Type genus of the Hylidae.
44. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
46. Being nine more than ninety.
49. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
51. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
53. The sound made by corvine birds.
55. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
56. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
59. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
60. The capital of Croatia.
63. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
64. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
66. The sixth month of the civil year.
67. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
68. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
69. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
71. Absent without permission.
72. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
73. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
76. The month following March and preceding May.
77. Range of what one can know or understand.
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