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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
11. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
16. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
20. Any competition.
21. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
23. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
25. French impressionist painter (1840-1926).
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A boy or man.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
38. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
46. Enthusiastic approval.
47. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
48. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
51. A particular environment or walk of life.
52. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. Having been read.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. A negative.
59. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
63. South African term for `boss'.
67. Napoleon defeated the Russians in a pitched battle at Borodino in 1812, but irreparably weakened his army.
70. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
74. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
75. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
78. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
79. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
82. On or toward the lee.
83. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
84. A lack of vitality.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
4. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
5. With rapid movements.
6. Turn on or around an axis or a center.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river.
9. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
12. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
22. An electrically charged particle.
24. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
27. A genus of Caltha.
30. City in northeast Pakistan.
32. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
34. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
36. Indigo bush.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
42. Jordan's port.
43. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured v 1.
45. The British royal family since 1917.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
56. Turn white.
60. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
61. Not out.
62. An evil spirit.
64. Jordan's port.
65. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
66. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Toward the mouth or oral region.
69. Avatar of Vishnu.
71. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
72. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
73. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
76. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
77. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
81. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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