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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. United States comedian.
11. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. The act of making a noisy disturbance.
17. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Type genus of the family Astacidae.
20. Largest known toad species.
21. United States abstract expressionist artist (1908-1984).
23. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
25. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
29. Flat and uninspiring.
31. Proceed without interruption.
34. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
36. The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
39. Someone waiting in concealment.
40. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A form of address for a man.
47. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
51. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
53. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
55. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
56. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
57. A state in north central United States.
58. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
60. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
64. A group of countries in special alliance.
65. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
68. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
70. An honorary arts degree.
73. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
75. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
77. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. Extremely pleasing.
79. Ornamental objects of no great value.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
84. Or family Polypodiaceae.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal.
5. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
6. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
7. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
8. Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots.
9. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
10. The beginning or early stages.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. The capital of Croatia.
13. A fit of shivering.
14. Taking place over public roads.
22. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
30. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
32. Greek geometer (3rd century BC).
33. Similar to the color of fresh grass.
35. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
37. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
38. Too numerous to be counted.
41. Worthless people.
44. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
45. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
48. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
49. A state in New England.
50. Located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture.
52. Pearl oysters.
54. On or toward the lee.
59. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
61. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
62. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
66. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
67. Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold.
69. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
76. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
80. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
81. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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