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1. A humorous anecdote or remark.
4. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
12. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers.
17. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
18. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
20. A person of unquestioning obedience.
21. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
22. Not only so, but.
23. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
25. State in northeastern India.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
32. The father of your father or mother.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
42. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
48. Large Indian antelope.
51. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
52. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. Relating to or accompanying birth.
66. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
75. The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.
77. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. Peace of mind.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
8. New information about specific and timely events.
9. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
10. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
11. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
12. An honorary arts degree.
13. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
31. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
33. French tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699).
34. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
35. God of fire.
37. A wind from the north.
38. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
41. Jordan's port.
43. Greek mythology.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
50. Flemish geographer who lived in Germany.
53. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
54. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
56. Informal terms for a mother.
57. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
58. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
59. Commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. In bed.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
67. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
68. A Loloish language.
69. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
71. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
72. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
76. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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