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1. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
5. A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
15. A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain.
16. Give a promotion to.
17. The capital and largest city of Japan.
18. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
20. Commodities offered for sale.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
24. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
26. A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats.
29. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
33. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
37. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
39. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
41. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
43. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
45. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
51. Make uniform.
52. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
55. Filled with a great quantity.
56. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
62. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
71. Disinclined to work or exertion.
73. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
75. A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.
76. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
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1. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
2. Genus of African timber trees.
3. A disrespectful laugh.
4. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
5. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. New information about specific and timely events.
8. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
9. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
10. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
11. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
12. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. A disreputable vagrant.
19. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
23. Jordan's port.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827).
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
31. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
32. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
34. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
35. The rattling noise produced when snoring.
36. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
38. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
40. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. Latticework used to support climbing plants.
44. A doctor's degree in religion.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
48. Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema.
49. Porridge made of rolled oats.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
58. In bed.
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. In the Roman calendar.
63. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
64. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
65. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
67. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
68. The cry made by sheep.
69. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
72. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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