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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Narrow French stick loaf.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
15. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
16. Rewarded or rewardable by a bounty.
17. Term of address for a man.
18. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
19. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
20. An iconic mental representation.
22. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. Having had the bones removed.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
29. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Having or surrounded by walls or walls of a specified kind.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
48. A woman of refinement.
49. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
52. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
53. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
55. Slightly open.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
62. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
65. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
67. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
70. Depressing in character or appearance.
71. Twining perennial North American plants.
74. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
75. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. That can be given a date.
78. Containing or filled with salt.
79. Marked by skill in deception.
80. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
81. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
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1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
2. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
3. Short and fat.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
5. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
6. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
7. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. English translator and Protestant martyr.
10. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
11. Suitable for use as food.
12. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
13. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
14. Any system of principles or beliefs.
21. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
28. Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap.
31. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
33. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
36. An informal conversation.
38. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
39. The sacred city of Lamaism.
40. Regularly spaced in time.
42. Of or relating to a creed.
43. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.
44. Muslim name for God.
45. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
50. Jordan's port.
54. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
56. Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638).
57. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
60. Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain.
61. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
63. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
64. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
66. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
68. Resembling milk in color or cloudiness.
69. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
72. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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