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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
5. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
11. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
15. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
16. Pocket mice.
17. A violent throw.
18. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
20. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
24. Offensive inquisitiveness.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
28. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
31. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
35. (Babylonian) The sky god.
36. 1 species.
40. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
42. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
43. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
44. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
45. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
48. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
50. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
51. A coming to an end of a contract period.
54. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A state in midwestern United States.
60. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
62. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
65. Lacking or having only very short awns.
69. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
70. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
73. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. Type genus of the Apidae.
76. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
77. For fear that.
78. Ice cream served with a topping.
79. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. A company emblem or device.
3. A primeval personification of air and breath.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm).
7. A toilet in England.
8. A primeval personification of air and breath.
9. A drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
12. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
13. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
14. By bad luck.
19. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
21. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
23. In bed.
25. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
29. Take away the weapons from.
30. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
32. (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
33. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
34. Lacking in body or vigor.
37. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
38. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
39. A city in the European part of Russia.
41. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
46. (of movement) At an angle.
47. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
49. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
52. A city of central China.
53. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
55. Strike with a flat object.
57. Any of various juicy purple- or green-skinned fruit of the genus Vitis.
58. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
61. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
63. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
64. A very light brown.
66. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
67. Worthless people.
68. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
71. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
72. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
75. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
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