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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
12. Inquire about.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. A resident of Alabama.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A rapid bustling commotion.
19. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
30. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
35. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
41. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
43. Largest known toad species.
45. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
46. The capital and largest city of Japan.
47. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
50. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
51. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
53. Situated away from the axis of any body or part.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. A light touch or stroke.
59. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
60. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
61. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
62. A fraudulent business scheme.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
72. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
76. A human limb.
77. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
78. Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality.
79. Extremely pleasing.
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. A sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps.
82. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
3. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
6. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
7. Little known Kamarupan languages.
8. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
9. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
10. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
24. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
27. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
29. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
31. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
32. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
33. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
34. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
36. Leafless East Indian vine.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
44. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
49. An informal term for a father.
52. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
54. Characteristic of a baby.
55. Being one more than twelve.
58. A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
63. 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.
64. An elaborate song for solo voice.
65. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
66. Among the largest bony fish.
67. One thousandth of a second.
69. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
70. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
71. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
73. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
74. God of war and sky.
75. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
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