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1. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
4. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
11. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Tropical plants.
17. A stock exchange in New York.
18. Type genus of the Cebidae.
19. A river in southeastern France.
20. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
24. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
29. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
34. The sixth month of the civil year.
37. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
39. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
49. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
53. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
57. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
58. Of or relating to apnea.
61. Tear or be torn violently.
63. The cry made by sheep.
64. The site of an archeological exploration.
70. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
72. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
74. A small piece of cloth.
75. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
76. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
77. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
78. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
79. Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere.
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. Bar temporarily.
4. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
7. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
8. One of the three Furies.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
12. Collect or gather.
13. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
14. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
22. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
25. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
32. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
35. Dearly loved.
36. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. The capital and largest city of Lithuania.
41. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
42. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
47. Formed like a bacillus.
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
54. A resource.
55. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
56. Used as an Italian courtesy title.
59. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
60. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
62. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
65. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
66. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
67. Toward the mouth or oral region.
68. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
69. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
71. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
73. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
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