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1. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
4. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A clergyman who watches over a group of people.
17. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
18. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
20. With no effort to conceal.
22. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
23. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Capable of wounding.
32. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
33. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
35. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
36. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
40. Less than acute.
44. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
45. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
49. A genus of European owls.
55. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
56. Make amendments to.
57. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
58. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
61. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
66. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
69. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
71. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
73. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. Enclose in a shrine, as of an object for religious purposes.
77. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
78. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
79. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
2. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
3. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
4. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
5. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
8. Type genus of the Chalcididae.
9. Any small compartment.
10. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
11. A state in north central United States.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
14. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
19. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. A Hindu prince or king in India.
27. (prefix) Within.
28. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
31. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
34. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
37. A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one.
38. Make or become free of frost or ice.
39. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Pulled or drawn tight.
43. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
46. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. An endorsement.
51. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
52. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
53. Someone who speaks in a childish way.
54. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
59. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
60. A town in central Kansas.
62. (informal) Fortitude and determination.
63. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
67. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
68. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
70. Make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.
72. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
76. Conforming to truth.
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