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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
5. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
12. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
16. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.
20. A framework that supports climbing plants.
22. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. British composer (1857-1934).
26. Distant in either space or time.
27. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
33. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
37. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
39. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
41. A desert in central Asia.
42. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
43. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
45. An expression of greeting.
46. Black tropical American cuckoo.
47. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
56. The event of dying or departure from life.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
64. A native-born Israeli.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
68. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
70. Covered with scabs.
74. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
80. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
82. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
84. A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
85. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
4. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
5. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
6. Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc..
7. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon.
8. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. Any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends.
13. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
14. Lean and sinewy.
19. Not having or producing echoes.
21. Held back.
24. Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. Moving quickly and lightly.
34. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
35. God of wisdom or prophesy.
36. Someone who races the luge.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
44. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
49. Lower in esteem.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
55. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
59. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
60. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
63. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
65. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
67. The superior of an abbey of monks.
69. Give over.
71. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
72. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
73. God of the Underworld.
75. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
77. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
81. In operation or operational.
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