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1. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
4. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
17. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
19. (informal) Very bad.
21. Used to refer to cited works.
23. (of the feet of some animals) Not webbed.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
33. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
37. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
40. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
41. The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
49. A male human offspring.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.
51. Confederate general in the American Civil War.
53. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
56. A small but appreciable amount.
57. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
62. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
66. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
69. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
70. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. Being of the age 13 through 19.
75. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
78. God of wisdom or prophesy.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
4. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
5. Take by theft.
6. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
7. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
8. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
9. Dyed with henna.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. A motley assortment of things.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
24. The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention.
26. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
30. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
34. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
35. Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha.
36. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
38. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
39. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
42. Found in warm waters of western Atlantic.
44. Seal again.
46. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
47. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
48. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
52. Providing for many things at once.
54. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
61. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
63. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
64. Cuddling and kissing.
65. A wound resulting from biting.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
71. The second day of the week.
72. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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