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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A recommendation to consult the (professional) person referred to.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. An ordered reference standard.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
27. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
32. Towards the side away from the wind.
37. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
39. Given or having a specified name.
40. How long something has existed.
41. A boy or man.
44. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
47. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
48. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
56. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
57. In addition.
60. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
62. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
73. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
74. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
75. The state capital of South Australia.
77. Being two more than fifty.
78. Used of a single unit or thing.
79. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
80. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A city in east central Texas.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. The general activity of selling.
4. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
7. Large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
8. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
9. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
23. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
24. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
26. Give pleasure to.
28. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
30. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
31. A deficiency of red blood cells.
33. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
34. Not functioning properly.
35. An athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball).
36. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
38. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
42. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. A native-born Israeli.
54. A place off to the side of an area.
58. Of a pale purple color.
59. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
61. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
63. Very dark black.
64. Not widely known.
65. A loud utterance.
66. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
67. In bed.
68. Characteristic of false pride.
69. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
72. An associate degree in applied science.
76. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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