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1. A common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete.
5. Dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
16. (French) Happiness and good humor.
17. Fiddler crabs.
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. Enthusiastic approval.
20. A theatrical performer.
22. A design that consists of recurring shapes or colors.
24. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
25. Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.
26. Covered with paving material.
28. Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
30. Cause to grow thin or weak.
32. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs.
36. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
39. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
42. Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
49. The basic unit of money in Romania.
50. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
51. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
53. The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
55. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
57. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
58. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
60. The selling of something purchased.
63. The sign language used in the United States.
65. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
67. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
70. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
72. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. A disdainful pouting grimace.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
80. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
81. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Adopted in order to deceive.
2. A cruel and brutal fellow.
3. A genus of Bothidae.
4. Pertaining to or near the sun.
5. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
6. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
7. With laces not tied.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
9. Perceived or discerned.
10. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
12. Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.
13. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
14. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
23. The sixth day of the week.
27. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
29. (formal) A person who announces important news.
31. A region in central Italy.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
38. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River.
40. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
41. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
43. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
44. A member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina.
47. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
52. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A minor match preceding the main event.
59. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
61. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
62. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
64. Wearing footgear.
66. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
68. A three-tone Chadic language.
69. One who works hard at boring tasks.
71. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Half the width of an em.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
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