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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
12. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. Skeleton shrimp.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
18. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
19. The capital and largest city of Niger.
20. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
21. A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.
23. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
24. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
25. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
26. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
28. Make amends for.
30. A synthetic silklike fabric.
34. Small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark.
38. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Intense feelings of suffering.
42. Type genus of the Ustilaginaceae.
44. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
46. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
47. A program that is broadcast again.
48. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
52. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
53. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
54. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
56. The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
59. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
60. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
63. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
65. The content of cognition.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
74. A genus of Scolopacidae.
76. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
77. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
78. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
79. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. Type genus of the Percidae.
2. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
3. Repeated too often.
4. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
5. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
6. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
7. A large fleet.
8. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
9. A shifty deceptive person.
10. Being nine more than forty.
11. Greek mythology.
12. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
13. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
14. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
22. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
27. God of the sky.
29. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
31. Remaining after all deductions.
32. Narrow French stick loaf.
33. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
35. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
36. Soaked with moisture.
37. Large Indian antelope.
40. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
45. A notable achievement.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. 1 species.
51. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
55. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
57. 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.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
62. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
64. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
66. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
67. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
68. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
70. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
71. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
72. The cry made by sheep.
75. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
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