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1. A shape that sags.
4. Deeply eroded barren land.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
17. The residue that remains when something is burned.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. Relating to the Urdu language.
21. Be in accord.
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
25. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
27. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
28. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
29. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
30. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
35. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A variety of leaf bug.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
45. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
46. An informal term for a father.
49. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
52. Toward the mouth or oral region.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
60. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
61. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
64. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
68. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.
69. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
72. Set down according to a plan.
73. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
75. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
76. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
77. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
78. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
6. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
7. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. A state in southeastern United States.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
13. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
14. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
19. 1 species.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
24. Having help.
26. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
31. Trousers made with chino cloth.
32. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
38. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
39. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
40. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
41. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
47. The range within which a voice can be heard.
48. A source of the dye archil and of litmus.
50. In a wry manner.
54. A resident of Kansas.
55. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
56. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
58. A resource.
59. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
62. Not easy.
63. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
65. A sudden short attack.
66. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
67. At or constituting a border or edge.
70. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
71. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
74. Being one more than one hundred.
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