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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
5. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
11. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
15. An endorsement.
16. A port city in southwestern Iran.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
18. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
19. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
20. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
21. (Spanish) Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Denuded of leaves.
26. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
27. Bringing death.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
36. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
44. In bed.
45. Jordan's port.
46. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
47. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
52. Marked by smartness in dress and manners.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. The capital of Eritrea.
62. A large number or amount.
63. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
66. Offering fun and gaiety.
67. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
68. Develop and reach maturity.
72. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
74. Termination of pregnancy.
75. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
76. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
77. A person with the same name as another.
78. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970).
2. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
3. Being of the age 13 through 19.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
5. (in Scotland) A child.
6. A French abbot.
7. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
12. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
13. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
14. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
30. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
31. Flat tableland with steep edges.
32. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
33. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
34. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
37. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
38. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
40. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
42. A large number or amount.
43. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
48. Someone who rows a boat.
49. A master's degree in fine arts.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. Lock up in jail.
56. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
57. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
58. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
59. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
60. Having the same or similar characteristics.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
64. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
71. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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