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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
11. Leafless East Indian vine.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Lift forcefully from beneath.
17. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. An offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.
21. Having or resembling a beak.
23. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
24. Lap at the front of a coat.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
34. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
36. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
40. A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).
42. An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. A Hindu prince or king in India.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
49. A British peer of the highest rank.
51. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
54. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
57. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
59. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
61. Be or do something to a greater degree.
65. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.
69. Instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
71. The cry made by sheep.
72. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
75. Submerged freshwater perennials.
76. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
77. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
79. Humble in spirit or manner.
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
81. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec people.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
5. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
6. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. A city in north-central India.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. Divisible by two.
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
12. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
13. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
14. Administer an oil or ointment to.
20. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
29. Wild ginger.
30. The capital of Mali.
31. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
32. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
35. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
37. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
38. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
46. By bad luck.
50. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
52. How long something has existed.
53. A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.
55. A city in central southwestern Iran.
56. Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.
58. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
60. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
62. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
63. A person of unquestioning obedience.
64. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
66. Avatar of Vishnu.
67. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
73. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
74. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
78. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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