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1. A French abbot.
5. Having no jaw.
12. Inquire about.
15. A sudden short attack.
16. The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. In bed.
19. Having little elasticity.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. The month following February and preceding April.
23. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
27. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
28. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
31. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Unknown god.
37. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
39. Female equine animal.
40. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
42. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
43. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. (informal) Roused to anger.
47. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
53. (of eggs) No longer edible.
55. The quantity that a bag will hold.
56. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
58. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
62. Argue over petty things.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
71. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
72. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
73. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
74. Black tropical American cuckoo.
75. A light touch or stroke.
76. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
77. Towards the side away from the wind.
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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt.
6. The month following March and preceding May.
7. A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
8. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
9. Everything you own.
10. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
11. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886).
25. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
26. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
29. Having leaves or leaves as specified.
30. In a foreign country.
32. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
33. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
34. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
38. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
41. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
44. The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output.
48. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
49. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
50. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
51. Active gray titmice of western North America.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus.
57. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
59. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
60. Dried plum v 1.
61. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
63. Avatar of Vishnu.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. Any of various small biting flies.
68. Gone by.
69. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
70. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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