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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
11. With no effort to conceal.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
17. Report or maintain.
18. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
19. Emotionally hardened.
20. Flat and uninspiring.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A small amount (especially of food or wine).
28. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
29. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
31. The academic world.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
35. A feeling of intense anger.
39. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
52. Lacking gonads.
53. A city in northern India.
55. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
56. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
58. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
59. A reformed prostitute.
62. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
69. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
70. The month following January and preceding March.
72. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
75. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
76. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
77. A great raja.
78. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
5. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
6. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
7. A city in northwestern Mexico.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
9. Pulled or drawn tight.
10. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
11. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
12. A means of serving.
13. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
14. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
22. Small and light boat.
25. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
26. A member of the British order of honor.
27. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
30. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
32. Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
34. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
36. A woman who has recently been married.
37. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots.
38. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
40. A white trivalent metallic element.
42. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
43. Having been flattened.
46. South African term for `boss'.
47. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
49. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
50. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
51. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq.
54. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
57. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
60. In bed.
61. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
63. Make editorial changes (in a text).
64. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
65. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
68. The cry made by sheep.
71. A bachelor's degree in religion.
73. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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