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1. Inquire about.
4. Capable of undergoing digestion.
12. A republic in central Europe.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. The act of turning inside out.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. "an agrarian (or agricultural) society".
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. Squash bugs.
23. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
25. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
29. Dried plum v 1.
32. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
33. An honorary degree in science.
34. Informal terms for money.
38. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
41. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
42. Cause to be attached.
45. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
46. (Irish) The sea personified.
47. A church associated with a monastery or convent.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
54. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
56. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
62. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
63. Lower in esteem.
64. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
70. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
71. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980).
75. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
80. An abnormal loss of strength.
81. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. The act of scanning.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
5. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
6. Genus of South African or Asiatic herbs.
7. The expensive white fur of the ermine.
8. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
9. Being colored slightly.
10. Socialist who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895).
11. 1/10 gram.
12. Loose or flaccid body fat.
13. Located in or toward the back or rear.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
28. Jordan's port.
30. Sew, as of mattresses.
31. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
35. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
36. 100 likuta equal 1 zaire.
37. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
39. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
40. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
43. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
44. A Mid-Atlantic state.
48. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
49. God of death.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
58. Any large dark enclosed space.
59. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
60. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
66. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
67. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
68. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
69. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
72. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. An informal term for a father.
77. Being one more than one.
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