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1. An informal term for a father.
4. Small genus of Old World annual herbs.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
16. Around the anus.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
18. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
20. The location of something surrounded by other things.
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
22. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
23. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
25. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
28. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
30. Estimation of the amount of lumber in a log.
32. The victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that establish British supremacy over India.
36. A special way of doing something.
37. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
40. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
41. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
42. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
44. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
46. A river in southeastern France.
48. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
51. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
52. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
54. Fertilizer made of ground bones.
55. Situated in a particular spot or position.
58. In operation or operational.
59. Not in a state of sleep.
61. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
66. A parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados.
69. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
70. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
71. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
73. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
74. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
77. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
78. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
79. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
3. Deliberately impassive in manner.
4. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
5. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
8. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity.
9. Strip something of drapery.
10. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide.
24. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
29. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
31. Involving or constituting a cause.
33. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
35. A songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto.
38. A Loloish language.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. The conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation.
45. A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. (New Testament) Day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.
50. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
60. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
62. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
63. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
67. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
68. Having been read.
72. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
75. An informal term for a father.
76. A state in east central United States.
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