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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
16. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936).
26. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
28. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
31. Singing jazz.
33. English essayist (1775-1834).
37. Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized.
39. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco.
41. A genus of Platalea.
44. A distinguished female operatic singer.
45. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
46. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
47. Being nine more than ninety.
49. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
50. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
53. Shrubby climbers of tropical America.
56. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
58. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
59. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
62. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
64. Satisfy (thirst).
68. T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top.
71. Serving as typical examples.
72. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
75. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
76. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
77. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
79. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
80. A branch of the Tai languages.
81. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
82. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
8. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
9. Someone who tells a story.
10. Not still wet.
11. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
12. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
13. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
14. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
19. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
21. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
23. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. Unknown god.
29. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
30. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
32. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
34. (Scotland) A landowner.
35. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
36. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
38. A state in midwestern United States.
40. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. The beginning or early stages.
48. Of or relating to a caesura.
51. The short weak cry of a young bird.
52. A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea.
54. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
55. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
57. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
60. Jordan's port.
61. Having the properties of glue.
63. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
65. Having help.
66. A province in north-central China.
67. Related on the mother's side.
69. Family based on male descent.
70. A quantity of no importance.
73. A city in the European part of Russia.
74. A humorous anecdote or remark.
78. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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