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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
12. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. The act of comparing similarities.
17. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
25. (informal) Exceptionally good.
27. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. Using the voice.
34. Pot for brewing tea.
38. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
40. Singing jazz.
43. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
49. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. An electrically charged particle.
52. Towards the side away from the wind.
53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
54. Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians.
59. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
60. An analgesic for mild pain.
64. Expel gas from the stomach.
65. A bachelor's degree in library science.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. 1 species.
73. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
75. A periodic paperback publication.
76. Divisible by two.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
80. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
81. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
82. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
5. A noisy or scolding or domineering woman.
6. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
7. Tear or be torn violently.
8. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
9. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
10. Constituting the undiminished entirety.
11. How long something has existed.
12. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
13. Baby bed with high sides.
14. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
22. The Creator.
24. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. Clothing for the head.
30. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
32. Employed in accomplishing something.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
36. Brass that looks like gold.
37. An acknowledgment of appreciation.
39. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
41. Squash bugs.
42. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
45. A Christian recluse.
46. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
55. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
56. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
57. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
58. The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
61. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
62. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
63. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
66. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
68. An Asian river between China and Russia.
69. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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