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1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
5. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
16. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. The part of the stamen that contains pollen.
19. Tropical Asian starlings.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
22. The sacred city of Lamaism.
24. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
26. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
28. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
30. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. In addition.
39. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.
42. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
46. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933).
48. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
57. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
59. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
60. Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears.
63. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. A sudden short attack.
68. The month following March and preceding May.
69. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
73. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
74. Not having or expressing opinions or views.
76. Lacking in light.
77. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
78. (law) The privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land).
79. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
2. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
3. An honorary arts degree.
4. Heat again.
5. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Capital and largest city of Italy.
8. Not functioning properly.
9. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
12. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
13. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
14. The act of scanning.
23. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
25. Obvious and dull.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. A vigorous blow.
32. To this writing or document.
33. Noisy quarrel.
35. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
36. The Teutonic god of thunder.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. Someone who travels for pleasure.
41. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
43. Read anew.
44. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
45. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
47. The decade from 1880 to 1979.
50. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
51. In bed.
52. A river in southeastern France.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. The intended recipient of a message.
58. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
61. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
62. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
65. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
66. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
67. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
70. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
71. An advanced law degree.
72. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
75. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
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