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1. A periodic paperback publication.
4. Capable of being weakened.
12. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Thorny Eurasian shrubs.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. Disparaging terms for the common people.
19. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
22. A motley assortment of things.
26. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
29. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
40. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
42. Set down according to a plan.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
46. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
47. Echo repeatedly, echo again and again.
50. Of or relating to anestrus.
53. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
56. Direct in spatial dimensions.
57. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
60. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
70. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
71. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Characteristic of a mob.
76. A member of the North American Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California.
77. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. (Mexico) Thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour.
80. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. God of death.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food).
8. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
9. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
10. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
13. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
14. A three-tone Chadic language.
23. A person who gains weight.
24. A means of serving.
25. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
27. Filled with a great quantity.
28. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
30. An iconic mental representation.
31. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
33. A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists.
34. A compound formed by an addition reaction.
36. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
37. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
38. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
41. Informal terms for a mother.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
48. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
49. A Russian river.
51. A vast Asian region of Russia.
52. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
54. In operation or operational.
55. A doctor's degree in optometry.
58. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
59. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
61. German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831).
64. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
65. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
66. Cry weakly or softly.
67. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
69. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
72. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
73. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
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