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1. The unit of frequency.
4. A port city in northern Vietnam.
12. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
15. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
16. A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign).
20. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
22. Order by virtue of superior authority.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
27. The last (12th) month of the year.
28. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
30. State capital of New York.
34. The month following February and preceding April.
36. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
40. God of wealth and love.
42. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
49. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
50. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
52. A young woman making her debut into society.
54. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
57. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
58. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
61. Squash bugs.
63. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
65. A native of ancient Troy.
69. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
70. Advance evidence for.
73. Informal terms for a mother.
74. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
75. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
77. An official at a baseball game.
78. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
79. A great raja.
80. A former French coin of low denomination.
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1. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
2. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
3. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
4. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
5. An administrative unit of government.
6. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
7. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
8. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
9. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
10. A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
13. New Zealand conifer.
14. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
19. A quantity of no importance.
21. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
24. The sound made by a hen after laying an egg.
25. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
32. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
33. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
35. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
37. A particular environment or walk of life.
38. A hotel for motorists.
39. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
41. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. Web spinners.
46. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
51. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
53. Preserve a dead body.
55. An East Indian sailor.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
59. Jordan's port.
60. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
62. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
64. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
66. A doctor's degree in music.
67. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
68. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
71. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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