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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
11. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. The wood of an African obeche tree.
17. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
18. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
19. Someone whose business is advertising.
20. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
21. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. Free from dirt or impurities.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
39. French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894).
43. A city of southeastern Mexico.
44. Being of delicate or slender build.
45. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
46. Having help.
50. A Russian river.
51. Informal terms for a mother.
52. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
54. A native American tent.
57. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
66. A motley assortment of things.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
69. Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
72. A state in New England.
73. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
74. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
76. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
77. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
78. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
79. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
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1. Free from risk or danger.
2. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
3. With no effort to conceal.
4. A large fleet.
5. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
6. A port city in southwestern Iran.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. The highest level or degree attainable.
9. English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400).
10. A yearning for something or to do something.
11. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
12. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
13. The basic unit of money in Iran.
14. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
26. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
28. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
29. Being derived from.
31. Wood of a pecan tree.
32. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
34. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
35. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
37. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
38. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
40. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
41. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. The brightest star in Cygnus.
47. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
53. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
55. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
58. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
60. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
61. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
62. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
64. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
71. The site of an archeological exploration.
75. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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