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1. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
4. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681).
17. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. (heraldry) Looking forward.
20. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. Being three more than fifty.
24. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. Wearing or provided with clothing.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954).
35. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of of taxonomic classification that he proposed.
39. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
40. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. The quantity that a bag will hold.
46. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
49. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
50. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
53. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
55. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
70. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
72. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
73. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
74. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
76. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
77. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. (of fabrics and paper) Grown dark in color over time.
79. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
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1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
2. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
4. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
5. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
6. Someone who claims a benefit or right or title.
7. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
10. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
11. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
12. (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
22. Chief port of Yemen.
25. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
30. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
31. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
33. The capital of Morocco.
34. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
36. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
37. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
38. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
41. A resource.
42. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
45. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
47. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).
48. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
52. Take hold of.
54. A bachelor's degree in religion.
56. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
57. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
58. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
60. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
61. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
62. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
64. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. A branch of the Tai languages.
67. Similar or related in quality or character.
68. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
71. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
75. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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