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1. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
4. One who helps or encourages or incites another.
11. A kiln for drying hops.
15. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
16. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia.
17. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
18. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
19. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
21. A vigorous blow.
23. Range of what one can know or understand.
24. The overhead upper surface of a room.
26. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
29. A small nail.
30. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
31. Being in competition.
35. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
38. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
40. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
42. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
44. Advanced in years.
45. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
46. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
49. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
50. Outer membrane covering an axon.
54. A person forced to flee from home or country.
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
56. Inflammation of the gums.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
62. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
64. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
66. By bad luck.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Take in solid food.
74. Collect and study plants.
76. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
80. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
81. Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve.
82. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
4. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
5. An ache localized in the back.
6. To come or go into.
7. A circular segment of a curve.
8. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
9. Of or relating to near the ear.
10. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
11. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
12. (medicine) Chilly.
13. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
14. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
20. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
22. Former measure of the US economy.
25. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
27. (Jewish) Roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet.
28. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
32. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
33. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
34. Small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers.
36. Type genus of the Cracidae.
37. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
39. Covered with paving material.
41. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
43. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
48. A telephone connection.
51. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
52. An algebraic equation of the fourth degree.
53. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
58. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
60. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
61. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
63. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
65. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
67. (`lief' is archaic) Very willing.
68. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
69. Stalk of a moss capsule.
72. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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