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1. An affirmative.
4. Both sexes are brightly colored.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
15. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator).
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The goddess of the moon.
20. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
37. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
42. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
45. An enclosed armored military vehicle.
46. A small piece of cloth.
47. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
49. A master's degree in fine arts.
50. Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers.
53. Engaged in as a pastime.
56. (chemistry) Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate).
58. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
59. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
60. A light touch or stroke.
62. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
63. Spread or daub over.
67. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. A blank gap or missing part.
76. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.
77. A container.
78. Impossible to use.
80. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
81. Inquire about.
82. Pain in the thigh.
83. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog).
2. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. Able to act at will.
6. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
7. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
8. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
9. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
10. A state in the eastern United States.
11. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae.
12. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
13. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
14. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
19. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
22. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
24. A slender and greatly elongated solid substance.
26. A stringed instrument of India.
29. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
31. A shed containing a number of beehives.
33. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
35. The quantity contained in a can.
36. The capital of Turkey.
38. (medicine) Chilly.
39. Produced by inbreeding.
41. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
43. A state in northwestern North America.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Clover ferns.
51. The template for protein synthesis.
52. Any substance that can be used as food.
54. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
55. A heading that names a statute or legislative bill.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Obvious and dull.
64. Armor plate that protects the chest.
65. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
66. Something causes misery or death.
68. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
69. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
70. At any time.
71. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
74. Of inferior or mixed breed.
75. 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.
79. Being one more than fifty.
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