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1. Of the color of buff leather n 1.
5. Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
16. Brief and to the point.
17. Fiddler crabs.
18. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
20. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
21. A grant made by a law court.
23. Severely simple.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
27. A small tube.
29. Jordan's port.
31. A New England state.
33. Silkworm moths.
34. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
37. An awkward stupid person.
39. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
41. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
43. The act of grasping.
45. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
47. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
49. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
53. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
57. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
60. Any object that is left unused or still extant.
61. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
62. A doctor's degree in religion.
63. A son who has the same first name as his father.
64. Singing jazz.
67. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
72. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
74. A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing.
76. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
77. A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey.
79. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. An undesirable overabundance.
82. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Preceding all others in time or space or degree.
4. A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus.
5. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
10. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
11. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
12. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
13. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A tributary of the Ohio River.
24. Call forth.
28. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
30. Range of what one can know or understand.
32. National capital of Kiribati.
35. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
36. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
38. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
40. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
42. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
44. A father or mother.
46. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
48. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
50. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
51. In bed.
54. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
55. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
56. The fare charged for traveling by airplane.
58. Remove the bones from (an animal).
59. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
69. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
70. (Welsh) A warrior god.
71. Of or being the lowest female voice.
73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. God of war and sky.
78. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
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