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1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. The policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation).
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
16. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
17. A periodic paperback publication.
18. The month following September and preceding November.
19. An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery.
20. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
22. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
24. Procumbent or spreading juniper.
26. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
27. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
29. A short composition for a solo instrument.
31. The capital of Eritrea.
33. North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers.
36. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
39. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
42. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
49. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
51. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
55. A port city in southwestern Iran.
56. Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
63. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
67. Fallow deer.
68. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
70. Catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.
72. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
73. The capital and largest city of Japan.
74. Not starry.
76. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
77. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
78. (informal) Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
79. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Dog fennel.
4. A town on the Hudson River in New York.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. In or of a state of physical or nervous tension.
7. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
8. (of brass instruments) Having valves.
9. Inflammation of the ileum.
10. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
11. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. An association of criminals.
14. American novelist (1909-1955).
21. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
23. The content of cognition.
25. The back side of the neck.
28. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
30. A nonenterprising person who is not paying his way.
32. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
35. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
37. (Roman mythology) God of love.
38. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
45. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
47. Old World woody vines.
50. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
52. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.
53. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
54. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
57. Genus of large crested guans (the piping guans).
60. Closed with a lace.
61. An iconic mental representation.
62. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
64. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
65. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
66. Divisible by two.
69. A unit of pressure.
71. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
75. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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