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1. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus.
12. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Eaten away as by acid or oxidation.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. Capable of wounding.
20. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
22. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
23. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
25. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
28. Of or involving the uterus.
30. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
32. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
33. Fail to do something.
37. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
38. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
39. A port in southern Sweden.
40. 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.
42. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
45. Divulge information or secrets.
46. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
49. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme.
54. An attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack.
56. The sixth month of the civil year.
57. A book of the New Testament.
60. Enlarged prostate.
61. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
63. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
67. Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity.
71. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit.
75. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
76. Being one more than two.
77. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
79. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
81. The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
6. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
7. The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.
8. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone.
9. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
10. French impressionist painter (1841-1919).
11. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
14. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
19. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
21. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
24. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
27. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
34. Muslim name for God.
35. An iconic mental representation.
36. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
41. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
43. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
44. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
47. Australian clover fern.
48. Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation.
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. A genus of Icteridae.
55. Be going to.
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
59. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).
62. Owls lacking ear tufts.
64. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
68. English essayist (1775-1834).
69. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
70. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
74. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
78. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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