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1. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil.
12. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A particular environment or surrounding influence.
17. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
18. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
20. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
22. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
23. A musical work that has been created.
25. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
26. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
30. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
32. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
36. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
42. English Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639).
44. Range of what one can know or understand.
45. 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.
48. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
51. (Babylonian) God of fire.
52. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
53. In bed.
54. With no protection or shield.
57. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
59. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
63. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
66. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
69. A telegram sent abroad.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
77. Place a value on.
78. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
79. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
80. Danish chemist who devised the pH scale (1868-1939).
81. A boy or man.
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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
2. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
3. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
4. A shape that sags.
5. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
6. 16 ounces.
7. Found in warm waters of western Atlantic.
8. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
9. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
10. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
11. Adult female chicken.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
21. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
24. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
27. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
28. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
29. Slightly open.
31. A rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns.
34. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
35. Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
37. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Jordan's port.
43. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
46. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
47. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
49. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
50. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
55. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
56. The room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur.
58. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
60. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
61. A public square with room for pedestrians.
62. 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).
64. A French abbot.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
68. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
73. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
74. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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