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1. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
5. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
12. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998).
17. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
18. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
19. Morally rigorous and strict.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
23. Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing.
25. A dyed fabric.
28. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
31. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
35. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
36. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
38. The quality of a person's voice.
39. Gone by.
41. Unknown god.
44. Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.
49. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
50. A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river.
51. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.
53. Administer an oil or ointment to.
54. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
56. A New England state.
57. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
61. British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999).
65. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.
68. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
69. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
74. New World lizards.
78. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Informal terms for a mother.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. Located in or toward the back or rear.
4. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
5. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
6. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
7. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
8. A fabric made by knitting.
9. A very small circular shape.
10. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
11. (of the moon) "after full moon comes the waning moon".
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. Especially one side of a leaf.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
24. A battle in World War II.
26. Something considered choice to eat.
27. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
30. A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record).
32. Someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession.
33. Related on the mother's side.
34. Of superior grade.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
42. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
46. Not having or producing echoes.
47. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
48. A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
59. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
60. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
62. English essayist (1775-1834).
63. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
64. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
70. British informal term.
71. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
75. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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