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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. The brightest star in Ursa Minor.
12. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Work done in addition to regular working hours.
17. A negative.
18. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
19. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans.
21. The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art".
23. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
25. 14th President of the United States (1804-1869).
27. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
28. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
31. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
33. Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A slender double-reed instrument.
41. Someone who has red hair.
43. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
45. Fiddler crabs.
47. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
48. Waterproofed canvas.
50. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
54. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
57. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
58. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
61. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
66. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
71. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
72. A blank gap or missing part.
75. Jordan's port.
76. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. Characteristic of a mob.
80. Take in solid food.
81. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
82. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
4. A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment.
5. Of a leaf shape.
6. A person afflicted with leprosy.
7. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
8. Taken dishonestly.
9. The extreme end of something.
10. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
11. Lace again.
12. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
13. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
14. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
22. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. Make less visible or unclear.
26. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
29. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
30. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
34. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
35. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
38. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
40. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. Offering fun and gaiety.
53. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
55. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
60. Order by virtue of superior authority.
62. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
64. An inhabitant of Lappland.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. Very dark black.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
74. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
78. Being one more than one.
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