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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Thunderous verbal attack.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. A police officer who investigates crimes.
16. A resident of Indiana.
17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. A person with the same name as another.
20. The residue that remains when something is burned.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
26. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
33. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
34. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
38. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Distance measured in the aggregate number of yards.
42. The capital of Croatia.
44. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
47. (Babylonian) The sky god.
48. A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
57. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
59. The place where some action occurs.
61. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
64. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
68. A social club for male undergraduates.
71. A licensed medical practitioner.
73. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
74. The fourth month of the civil year.
76. Anise-flavored Greek liquor.
78. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
79. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
80. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
83. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
84. A master's degree in library science.
85. Lengthen in time.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A loud harsh or strident noise.
5. Complacently or inanely foolish.
6. Someone whose business is advertising.
7. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
8. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
9. Total lack of meaning or ideas.
10. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
14. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
22. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
25. Dwell (archaic).
27. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
28. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
31. Port city on Atlantic coast.
32. Someone who engages in debate.
35. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
36. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
37. United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (born in 1935).
41. The airforce of Great Britain.
43. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
45. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. A ski run densely packed with snow.
53. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
55. The state of owing money.
56. Wild and menacing.
58. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
60. A quantity of no importance.
62. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
63. The state of being unsure of something.
65. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
69. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
70. A bachelor's degree in library science.
72. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
75. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
77. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
81. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
82. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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