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1. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
5. A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
11. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
15. A city in east central Texas.
16. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
17. Largest known toad species.
18. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
20. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
21. (electronics) Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
22. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
25. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
26. A person from whom you are descended.
29. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
38. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
39. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
43. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
44. One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work.
47. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
50. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
53. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
59. 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).
62. Noisy quarrel.
67. Waves breaking on the shore.
70. A title used to address any peeress except a duchess.
72. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
74. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.
77. God of love and erotic desire.
78. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
79. One of the major dialects of Old English.
80. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
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1. A Hindu religious teacher.
2. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
3. (archaic) Of persons.
4. Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier.
5. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
6. Lacking in security or safety.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. Not firmly or solidly positioned.
9. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
10. Without offspring.
11. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
12. Highly excited.
13. The goddess of the moon.
14. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
19. A defendant in a criminal proceeding.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
32. (with `in') Guardianship over.
33. (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
34. United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891).
36. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
37. Relating to principles of right and wrong.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. Extreme mental retardation.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
54. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
56. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
60. Greek mythology.
61. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
63. Type genus of the Ranidae.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. A branch of the Tai languages.
66. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
68. Avatar of Vishnu.
69. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
71. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
75. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
76. A state in east central United States.
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