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1. An enclosed space.
4. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
12. A rapid bustling commotion.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. The state of being irrational.
17. A tight-fitting headdress.
18. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
20. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
21. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
24. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
27. A supporting column carved in the shape of a person.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
34. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
37. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. A flexible container with a single opening.
43. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
45. Again but in a new or different way.
47. A large quantity of written matter.
49. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
51. Ruffed grouse.
53. (Sumerian) Sun god.
55. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
57. United States writer (born in 1923).
59. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
62. Hidden and difficult to see.
64. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
65. A Loloish language.
66. Toward the mouth or oral region.
70. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
71. Common house and field crickets.
75. Take in solid food.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Of the blackest black.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
81. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Stalk of a moss capsule.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
4. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
5. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
6. Having a taste like that of grapes.
7. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
8. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
9. Of southern Europe.
10. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
11. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
12. (archaic) Of persons.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
19. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
22. Involving two dimensions.
25. Ground snakes.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
29. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
32. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
33. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
35. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
36. Someone who guards prisoners.
38. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
41. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
44. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
46. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
48. Wine from muscat grapes.
52. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
54. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
56. Music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
61. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
63. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
67. A Hindu prince or king in India.
68. In bed.
69. The specified day of the month.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
73. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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