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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
11. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
17. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
18. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
19. English poet and critic (1909-1995).
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Type genus of the Xiphiidae.
27. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
28. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti).
30. A Russian river.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Being one more than one.
34. Thought to derive from meteorites.
40. A wound made by cutting.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. Of or relating to osmosis.
48. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
50. Affected manners intended to impress others.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
55. Refuse to acknowledge.
57. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
59. A Mid-Atlantic state.
60. A town in central Belgium.
64. The sixth month of the civil year.
67. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
70. A bottle with a stopper.
72. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
76. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
79. Late time of life.
80. An operating system that is on a disk.
81. The framework of a bed.
82. A negative.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria.
5. A distinctive influence.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
8. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
9. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
10. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
11. The Creator.
12. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
13. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
14. A secret store of valuables or money.
22. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
24. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
25. A state in north central United States.
26. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
29. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
31. A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points.
35. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
36. Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595).
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. God of fire.
42. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
44. Resembling sculpture.
49. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
54. The wool of a sheep or similar animal.
56. (usually plural) A destructive action.
58. Being nine more than ninety.
61. Of time long past.
62. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
63. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
65. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
66. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
68. Young of domestic cattle.
69. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
71. A federally chartered savings bank.
73. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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