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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
12. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
16. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
17. A local computer network for communication between computers.
18. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
19. United States film actor (1899-1957).
20. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
22. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
24. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
26. A state in New England.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
30. A white trivalent metallic element.
32. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
33. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
36. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
38. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
41. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
43. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
45. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
48. Being one more than sixty.
49. A master's degree in business.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
54. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
56. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
59. A covered passageway.
62. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
64. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
68. A subfamily of Indic languages.
72. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
73. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
76. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
78. Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
81. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
82. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
83. Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Adopted in order to deceive.
2. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
3. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
4. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. Fixedness by or as if by roots.
6. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
7. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
8. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
9. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
10. A state in northwestern North America.
11. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails.
12. A loud resonant repeating noise.
13. A Loloish language.
14. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
21. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
23. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
25. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
28. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
31. Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
34. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
35. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
37. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
42. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
44. Before noon.
46. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
50. The British Duke of Marlborough and the Austrian Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
52. Jordan's port.
55. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
57. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
58. A cloth having a crisscross design.
60. Deprive of by deceit.
61. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
65. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
69. An elaborate song for solo voice.
70. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
71. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
74. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
75. Late time of life.
79. A Russian river.
80. A public promotion of some product or service.
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