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1. Of southern Europe.
4. Deviating from or not conforming to type.
12. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. (British) The side of a vehicle nearest the kerb.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
19. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
20. Place (something) where one cannot find it again.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
26. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
30. An expression of greeting.
31. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
41. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
45. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
47. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
48. Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. Reach a destination.
53. A son who has the same first name as his father.
55. A city in northeastern France in Lorraine.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
66. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
71. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
72. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
75. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
76. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
80. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
81. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
82. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
4. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
5. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
6. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
7. (of tempo) Very fast adv 1.
8. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
9. Being one more than one hundred.
10. Someone whose business is advertising.
11. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
12. (trademark) An antacid.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. The British system of withholding tax.
21. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
28. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
29. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
32. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
34. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. United States baseball player (born 1925).
37. Fruit of the oak tree.
42. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
43. Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17).
44. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
51. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
54. Brightest star in Centaurus.
56. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
57. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
59. A town in southwestern Idaho.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. The sixth month of the civil year.
64. A Hindu prince or king in India.
65. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. Advanced in years.
69. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
70. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
78. Being nine more than ninety.
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