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1. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
4. Become soft or disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking.
12. 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).
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
17. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
18. Used of high or hilly country.
19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. A light touch or stroke.
22. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
25. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
26. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
29. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
31. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
38. The unit of frequency.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
42. Being nine more than ninety.
43. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A state in New England.
49. Wool of the alpaca.
52. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
53. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
54. Heat again.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
57. The chance to speak.
58. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
60. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. Fill with high spirits.
66. Type genus of Agaricaceae.
69. The state that precedes vomiting.
73. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
75. The month following August and preceding October.
76. Thin and fit.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. A branch of the Tai languages.
81. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
82. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
83. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. A motley assortment of things.
4. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
7. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
8. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
9. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
10. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918).
14. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
20. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
27. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
28. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
30. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
32. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
35. Force or compel somebody to do something.
36. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
37. A member of the eastern branch of the Sioux.
40. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
41. A bottle with a stopper.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
47. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
48. Type genus of the Ploceidae.
50. Ground cherries.
51. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
61. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
63. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
64. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
67. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
68. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
70. (Old Testament) Third son of Adam.
71. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
72. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
74. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
78. A state in midwestern United States.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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