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1. A master's degree in business.
4. A glancing rebound.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Too ripe.
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
20. Re-equip a factory or plant.
21. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
22. The molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall).
24. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
32. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
34. Being nine more than ninety.
35. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Informal terms for a meal.
43. King of the Huns.
45. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
46. Exactly vertical.
48. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
49. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
52. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
54. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
56. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
59. Best of its kind on record.
61. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
66. Any competition.
68. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
72. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. The animal order including amoebas.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
82. United States rock singer (1943-1971).
84. Free from liquid or moisture.
85. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
86. Type genus of the Muridae.
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1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
3. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
4. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n.
5. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
6. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
7. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
8. The men who man a ship or aircraft.
9. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
10. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
11. Two-year-old sheep.
12. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
25. A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
29. Loud confused noise from many sources.
31. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
33. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
36. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
38. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
39. A bottle with a stopper.
41. (physiology) Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
51. A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
53. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
57. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
67. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
69. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
70. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
71. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
73. Not final or absolute.
74. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
75. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
78. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
79. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
83. Before noon.
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