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1. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
4. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Being somewhat early.
17. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
18. Brought back.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
23. A unit of radiation exposure.
25. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
26. The muscular back part of the shank.
28. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
32. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
33. Remaining after all deductions.
38. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817).
40. Imperial moths.
42. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
43. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
46. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
47. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
49. A slender double-reed instrument.
50. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
51. United States writer (1914-1986).
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
56. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
57. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
60. French composer who is said to have created impressionism in music (1862-1918).
63. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
67. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
73. A minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages.
75. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
76. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
77. A great raja.
78. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
4. Having six units or components.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. The state of being behind in payments.
7. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
8. A state in east central United States.
9. Gracefully slender.
10. Sleep during summer, as of certain animals.
11. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
12. Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola.
13. European shad.
14. A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe).
19. Remove from political office.
22. Informal terms for money.
24. English Catholic novelist (1904-1991).
27. (Roman Catholic) A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
29. The state that precedes vomiting.
30. Set up for use.
34. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
35. A song that was formerly popular.
36. A large stringed instrument.
37. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
39. A bachelor's degree in theology.
41. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. The present time or age.
45. Give over.
48. A Pacific island north of Australia.
52. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
53. A city is east central Sweden north northwest of Stockholm.
55. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
62. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
64. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
65. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
70. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
74. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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