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1. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
4. Type genus of Boletaceae.
11. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
17. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
18. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
19. Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
25. Of or relating to alga.
28. A typeface with thick heavy lines.
31. Lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
37. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
38. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
40. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
43. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
44. Any high mountain.
45. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
47. An elaborate song for solo voice.
49. Used by Maoris for thatching.
51. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
52. English essayist (1775-1834).
53. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
54. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
56. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
61. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
63. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
65. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
70. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. A rattling sound as of hard things striking together.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The closing section of a musical composition.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
4. As the agent of or on someone's part.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. Small free-swimming tunicates.
7. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
8. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
9. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
10. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
11. Belonging to some prior time.
12. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
13. (Greek mythology) Winged goddess of victory.
14. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
20. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. 10 grams.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. Some point in the air.
29. Nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
30. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504).
32. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
33. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
34. A native of ancient Troy.
36. A city in northern India.
39. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. Any competition.
46. Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips.
48. Wild and menacing.
50. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
55. Relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle.
57. Noisy quarrel.
59. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
60. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
62. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
64. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
66. Disabled in the feet or legs.
67. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
72. Remaining after all deductions.
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