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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
12. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. Roman goddess of night.
16. Inflammation of the aorta.
17. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. The Creator.
20. A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Mohammed.
22. Coins collectively.
24. A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland.
26. Covered with paving material.
28. The words of an opera or musical play.
29. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
30. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. (Scotland) A landowner.
35. Extent downward or backward or inward.
39. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
41. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
44. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
45. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
48. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
52. An honorary degree in science.
53. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
54. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A bachelor's degree in religion.
63. Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds.
71. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
74. At or constituting a border or edge.
75. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
76. A viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility).
77. The sixth month of the civil year.
78. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
79. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
80. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
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1. Squash bugs.
2. An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions.
3. Take exception to.
4. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
5. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
8. A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached.
9. Type genus of the Otariidae.
10. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
11. Marked by assurance.
12. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
13. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
14. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
21. Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully.
23. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled.
25. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
27. Covered with paving material.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. A city in north-central India.
36. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
37. Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive.
38. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
40. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
42. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
47. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
56. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
58. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
59. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. Elegant and stylish.
65. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
66. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
67. A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
68. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
70. A student who studies excessively.
72. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
73. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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