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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
12. Inquire about.
15. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
16. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers.
20. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. Jordan's port.
25. New World flycatchers.
29. The month following July and preceding September.
30. Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies.
33. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
39. A participant in a masquerade.
40. Being six more than forty.
42. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
44. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
48. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
50. Having a sole or soles especially as specified.
51. Any plant of the genus Lupin.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. Turned up on end.
58. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
61. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
62. Little known Kamarupan languages.
63. Of or relating to near the ear.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
69. Largest known toad species.
70. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
71. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece.
73. A small amount of liquid food.
76. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
77. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
78. Widely known and esteemed.
79. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
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1. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
2. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
3. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
4. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
5. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
6. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
7. Have confidence or faith in.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
10. Being two more than fifty.
11. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
12. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The amount a salary is increased.
27. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
28. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
31. Large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
32. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
36. Praise, glorify, or honor.
41. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
45. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
46. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
47. The act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something).
49. A crime syndicate in the United States.
52. A member of the Uniat Church.
53. Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
54. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
57. A large and stately mansion.
59. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
60. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
64. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
65. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
67. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
68. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
72. A doctor's degree in theology.
74. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
75. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
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