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1. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
4. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
11. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
15. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
20. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
21. 3rd largest island in the world.
23. The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. God of wealth and love.
35. The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
37. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
38. Roman goddess of night.
39. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people.
48. Patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600).
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. Being nine more than forty.
52. Suggesting an eye or eyes.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. Pulled or drawn tight.
59. A native or inhabitant of Spain.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
68. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
69. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
71. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
73. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
74. A strong emotion.
75. A city in northeastern China.
77. Not of long duration.
78. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
79. By an unbroken line of descent.
80. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
3. Indicating the most important performer or role.
4. A small island.
5. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
6. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
7. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. The dead body of a human being.
10. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
11. (India) Usually in combination.
12. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
13. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
14. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
22. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
24. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
25. God of the earth.
26. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
28. A victory cheer.
29. Of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people.
30. Not present.
32. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
33. A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India.
34. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
36. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
41. 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.
42. Adorned by inlays.
44. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.
45. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
53. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
54. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America.
56. Reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen.
57. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
60. Of or relating to the feet.
61. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
62. Cover completely or make imperceptible.
64. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
65. On or toward the lee.
67. Not at all or in no way.
70. The sign language used in the United States.
72. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
76. Half the width of an em.
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