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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
12. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
15. A sudden short attack.
16. Large open car seating four with folding top.
17. Towards the side away from the wind.
18. In bed.
19. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. (informal) Roused to anger.
23. A coffin along with its stand.
24. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
27. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
29. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
33. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
37. A mining town in southern Wales.
39. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
40. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
41. Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989).
44. Type genus of the Ranidae.
45. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A person who makes use of a thing.
50. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).
53. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
55. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
57. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
60. An associate degree in nursing.
61. Located inward.
62. Of or relating to Fabianism.
66. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
69. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
70. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
73. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
75. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Flat tableland with steep edges.
80. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
81. Type genus of the Muridae.
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1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
8. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
9. Of or relating to or near the sternum.
10. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
11. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
12. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
13. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right).
14. Not only so, but.
22. Tastelessly showy.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
28. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. Wear away.
31. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
32. Deep-sea fishes.
34. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
36. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
38. Jordan's port.
42. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
43. Small and light boat.
47. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
48. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
51. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
52. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
56. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
58. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
59. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
63. On or toward the lee.
64. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
65. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
67. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
68. Type genus of the Anatidae.
71. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
72. A castrated tomcat.
74. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
77. Before noon.
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