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1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
5. Regional and archaic.
11. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Reveal unintentionally.
17. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
18. Made of fir or pine.
19. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
20. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
21. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
24. Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither.
27. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs.
30. Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word.
33. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
35. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
36. The fatty flesh of eel.
37. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
40. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
43. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
45. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
48. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
49. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
50. A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America.
51. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
52. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. At or constituting a border or edge.
69. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
70. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
74. A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
78. An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A polite name for any woman.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds.
5. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
6. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
7. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
10. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
11. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
12. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
13. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
14. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
22. (Greek mythology) Ancient personification of the sea.
23. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
25. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. A bottle with a stopper.
28. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
29. God of wealth and love.
31. Lace again.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
34. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
38. Very large red gum tree.
39. A sudden short attack.
41. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
42. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
44. One thousand grams.
46. Edge of a way or road or path.
53. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
55. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
58. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
59. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
60. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
62. Type genus of the Nepidae.
64. Fallow deer.
65. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
66. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
75. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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