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1. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
4. Small genus of Old World ferns.
12. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
15. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
16. Disappear gradually.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
20. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
22. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
23. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
26. A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.
28. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
29. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
34. Tall hat.
37. Remote in manner.
41. Actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at the time of viewing.
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
44. Battle of World War II (1944).
45. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission.
46. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
49. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
53. A large quantity of written matter.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
61. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
64. Make lighter or brighter.
68. Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
70. In bed.
71. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife.
74. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
75. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
76. A true bug.
77. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
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1. Hit hard.
2. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
3. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
4. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
5. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
6. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
7. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
8. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
9. The residue that remains when something is burned.
10. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
11. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
12. A very large person.
13. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as Prime Minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt (1913-1992).
14. A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe).
19. Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.
21. Australasian kingfishers.
24. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
30. A city in northwestern Turkey.
31. Minor or subordinate.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
35. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
36. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
38. The ending of a series or sequence.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
40. Wild and menacing.
42. Capital of Vanuatu.
47. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
48. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
51. Extreme excess.
52. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
54. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
55. United States artist who was a leader of the pop art movement (1930-1987).
58. The last (12th) month of the year.
60. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart.
62. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
63. On or toward the lee.
65. Beyond what is natural.
66. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
67. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
69. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
72. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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