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1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
4. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
12. The month following January and preceding March.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. British playwright (1911-1977).
17. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
18. French symbolist poet (1844-1896).
19. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
21. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers.
27. An island northwest of Wales.
28. Sea breams.
32. A harsh noise made by scraping.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
40. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
41. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
43. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
44. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
47. Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula.
49. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
50. The month following February and preceding April.
52. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
53. Tear or be torn violently.
54. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
58. A populous province in northeastern China.
64. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
70. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
73. Any loose flowing garment.
74. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
75. Of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor.
77. Type genus of the Anatidae.
78. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
79. One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama.
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
2. In bed.
3. A lyric poet.
4. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed.
5. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
6. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
7. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
8. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain.
11. Increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality.
12. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
13. At a previous time.
14. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
24. Before noon.
25. A person afflicted with leprosy.
26. A bachelor's degree in science.
29. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
30. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
33. Be in accord.
34. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
35. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
38. Short and fat.
39. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
42. A member of the British order of honor.
45. A city in northern India.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
51. Written matter preceding the main text of a book.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
57. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
61. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
67. Waterproofed canvas.
68. A state in the western United States.
69. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
71. A port in southwestern Scotland.
72. The sound made by a cow or bull.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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