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1. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
4. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. Agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous).
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. Black tropical American cuckoo.
19. In a refined manner.
20. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
21. Lacking grace in movement or posture.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. By bad luck.
30. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
39. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
43. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
45. Type genus of the Amiidae.
46. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
48. Make editorial changes (in a text).
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river.
59. A genus of Ploceidae.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. American novelist (1909-1955).
66. A light informal meal.
70. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
73. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
74. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
75. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
76. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. Of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy.
79. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
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1. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
2. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
3. Goddess of the heavens and married love.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
6. Not in physical motion.
7. A range horse of the western United States.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. A French river.
10. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
11. The month following April and preceding June.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Wood of a sumac.
22. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
24. A period of 10 years.
26. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
27. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
31. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades.
33. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
34. A recognizable kind.
35. Before noon.
37. Selected as the best.
38. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. The face or front of a building.
42. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
44. A Loloish language.
47. Turn basic and less acidic, of solutions and substances.
51. The wife or widow of a czar.
52. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
54. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
60. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
61. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
64. Being here now.
65. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
69. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
71. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
72. Being one more than nine.
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