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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
12. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
17. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
18. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
20. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
22. A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee.
23. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
25. Before noon.
26. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
28. Be about.
30. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
32. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. Slightly wet.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Goddess of fertility.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
45. Charge falsely or with malicious intent.
47. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
51. A native or inhabitant of Maldives.
54. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
55. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
56. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
57. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
59. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
64. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
65. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
68. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
72. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
75. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
76. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
77. Inquire about.
79. Not at all or in no way.
80. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
83. (Greek mythology) Winged goddess of victory.
84. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
85. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957).
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
2. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
3. A genus of Pyralidae.
4. Small class of minute arthropods.
5. That is to say.
6. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
7. An artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
10. Put out or expel from a place.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. Depressing in character or appearance.
21. Make sour or more sour.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Speak in a nasal voice.
31. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
35. Evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers.
36. A genus of Stromateidae.
39. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
40. A master's degree in religion.
43. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
44. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
46. The name of a person for whom something is supposedly named.
49. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
50. Material used to daub walls.
52. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
53. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
58. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
60. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
63. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
66. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
67. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
69. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
70. American novelist (1909-1955).
71. Cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk.
73. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
74. A notable achievement.
78. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
81. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
82. The square of a body of any size of type.
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