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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A composer of sacred songs.
12. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. Blister beetles.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
20. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
21. Wildly disordered.
23. An escape from jail.
26. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
27. A student who studies excessively.
31. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
34. A genus of Indriidae.
35. Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions.
37. (Scotland) Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach.
41. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
45. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
47. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
50. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
51. Obvious and dull.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. An associate degree in nursing.
56. A genus of Ploceidae.
60. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
64. A soft silvery metallic element.
70. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
72. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
81. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
82. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
3. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
4. After noon.
5. A Spanish courtesy title for a girl or unmarried woman.
6. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
7. No longer in your possession or control.
8. An engineering university in Cambridge.
9. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
10. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
14. Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.
19. Type genus of the Danaidae.
22. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
24. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
25. The month following October and preceding December.
28. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines.
36. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
38. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
39. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
40. A support or foundation.
43. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
46. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
52. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
54. A genus of Platalea.
57. Free from liquid or moisture.
58. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
59. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
61. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
63. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
65. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
66. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
67. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
68. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
69. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
71. The residue that remains when something is burned.
73. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
77. An informal term for a father.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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