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1. Give a nickname to.
4. Distributed or sold illicitly.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Coat with a patina.
17. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
18. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
20. Wood of a sumac.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
24. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
26. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
27. Any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia.
30. A small fragment.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
39. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
40. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
42. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
44. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
46. A resource.
48. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
49. Enthusiastic approval.
50. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
53. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
57. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
64. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
66. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
67. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
72. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
74. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
75. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
76. Male roe deer.
77. A strong emotion.
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1. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
4. A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum.
5. Relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture.
6. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
7. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
8. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
9. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
12. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
19. The brightest star in Cygnus.
23. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
25. Jordan's port.
28. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
29. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
31. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
32. A levy of one tenth of something.
33. An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts).
34. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
37. A city in central New York.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
43. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
45. A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
52. Type genus of the Percidae.
54. One million periods per second.
56. An uproarious party.
58. Muslim name for God.
59. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. Very large red gum tree.
62. Located farther aft.
63. A battle in World War II.
65. Something causes misery or death.
68. Term of address for a man.
69. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
70. Pan with a convex bottom.
73. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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