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1. Similar or related in quality or character.
5. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
11. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
15. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
16. A covered passageway.
17. A city in northwestern Syria.
18. Lie adjacent to another.
19. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
21. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
23. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
24. Small and light boat.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Move unobtrusively or furtively.
31. Come to pass.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
36. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
40. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
45. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
48. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
50. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
51. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
55. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
58. Someone employed by a gas company.
61. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
63. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
67. How long something has existed.
68. A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean.
71. A farewell remark.
72. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
73. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
75. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
76. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
77. A great raja.
78. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
3. Any plant of the genus Inula.
4. Remaining after all deductions.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. The father of your father or mother.
7. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
8. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
12. With a forward motion.
13. A superior grade of black tea.
14. Distance travelled per unit time.
20. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
22. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
27. Being one more than one.
28. The face or front of a building.
29. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
30. Obvious and dull.
32. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
33. Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure.
35. A motley assortment of things.
37. A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).
38. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
41. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. A Russian river.
47. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
53. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
54. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
56. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
57. Sour or bitter in taste.
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
60. 1/1000 gram.
62. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
64. A native American tent.
65. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it.
66. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. The month following March and preceding May.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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