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1. The event of something ending.
5. Someone who escapes.
12. A boy or man.
15. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
16. A shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
19. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
20. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. French tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699).
25. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
26. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
30. Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base.
33. A maker of laws.
37. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. Become ground down or deteriorate.
41. (of meat) Cooked by dry heat in an oven.
46. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
48. Being five more than ninety.
50. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
51. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
52. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
53. A Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia.
54. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
57. The fatty flesh of eel.
58. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
61. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
66. God of death.
67. Perceptible especially by the eye.
71. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
73. Remove offensive capability from.
76. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. Sour or bitter in taste.
80. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
81. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
82. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
83. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
5. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
6. Eat noisily.
7. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
8. Situated at an apex.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Having an illustrious reputation.
12. A Loloish language.
13. By bad luck.
14. An informal term for a father.
22. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
24. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
27. A port in southwestern Scotland.
29. United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938).
31. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
32. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
34. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
35. A city in northwestern Turkey.
36. Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer.
39. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
42. A deep bow.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. Distinguish oneself.
45. Fly a plane.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. (anatomy) Of or relating to a chiasm.
55. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
56. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
59. A woman of refinement.
60. Any plant of the genus Erica.
62. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
63. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
70. Being in a tense state.
72. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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