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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. (of an infant) Breast-fed.
11. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. The charge for stowing goods.
17. A jaunty rhythm in music.
18. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
20. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
21. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
22. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
25. Report or maintain.
27. (of eggs) No longer edible.
29. A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds.
32. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
35. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
37. Either extremity of something that has length.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
44. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
47. Add ions to.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
51. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
53. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
55. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
56. (informal) "in the dumps".
59. Before noon.
61. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
80. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
81. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
2. Obvious and dull.
3. The third month of the civil year.
4. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
5. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
6. The closing section of a musical composition.
7. The basic unit of money in China.
8. A genus of Lamnidae.
9. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
10. The habitation of wild animals.
11. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
12. Thrown together in a pile.
13. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
19. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
23. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
24. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes.
30. Beyond what is natural.
31. A state in north central United States.
33. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
34. A republic in northeastern South America.
36. Be in accord.
38. New Zealand conifer.
39. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
40. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
43. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Make numb or insensitive.
50. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
52. A master's degree in business.
54. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. The capital and largest city of Japan.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
62. A person who evokes boredom.
63. A person who makes use of a thing.
64. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
66. Set down according to a plan.
67. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
71. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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