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1. Fallow deer.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
12. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
15. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
16. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. To this place (especially toward the speaker).
20. An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities.
21. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. Of or concerning Qatar.
23. Being nine more than ninety.
24. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
26. British choreographer (1906-1988).
27. A hereditary ruler.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
35. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
38. Aimlessly drifting.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
43. Resembling an owl.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
47. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
48. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
51. Praise, glorify, or honor.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. Lower in esteem.
56. (informal) Of the highest quality.
57. The sign language used in the United States.
59. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
68. A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
71. A person who is the victim of ridicule or exploitation by some hostile person or influence.
72. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
75. 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.
76. A city in northern India.
77. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk.
79. Type genus of the Anatidae.
80. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
81. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
3. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
4. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
5. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere.
6. Before noon.
7. Medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood.
8. English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403).
9. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
10. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
11. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. Become ground down or deteriorate.
25. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
28. A river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River.
30. An old Scottish coin of little value.
32. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. American dwarf fan palms.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Short and fat.
39. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric.
40. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
50. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
52. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. A twilled woolen fabric.
60. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
61. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
65. The eighth month of the civil year.
66. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
67. Common Indian weaverbird.
69. A doctor's degree in religion.
70. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
73. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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