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1. Late time of life.
4. Genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.
12. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
15. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
16. Of or relating to the stars or constellations.
17. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
20. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
21. At full speed.
23. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
24. Remaining after all deductions.
27. An elaborate song for solo voice.
29. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
31. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
32. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
38. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
42. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
44. Gallery where works of art can be displayed.
45. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
48. A building where animals are butchered.
51. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
53. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
54. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
55. The sixth month of the civil year.
56. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
60. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
61. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
63. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
64. The act of scanning.
69. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
75. Resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand.
76. 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).
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
81. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
82. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
83. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
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1. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
2. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
3. The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps.
4. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
5. Of or relating to the spleen.
6. Not in action or at work.
7. Testacean rhizopods.
8. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
9. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. By bad luck.
12. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
13. A board with the alphabet on it.
14. A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys.
19. Small branch or division of a branch.
22. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
25. Top part of an apron.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
33. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
35. Immediately past.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).
40. A French river.
41. Register formally.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. God of love and erotic desire.
57. Mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds.
58. Noisy talk.
59. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
62. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
65. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
66. A city in northwestern Syria.
67. English monk and scholar (672-735).
68. A branch of the Tai languages.
70. Of the color of rust.
71. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
72. A genus of Mustelidae.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
77. A bachelor's degree in religion.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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