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1. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
5. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
11. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
15. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
16. Indistinct or hazy in outline.
17. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
18. A book of the New Testament.
19. An important person in India.
20. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
21. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
23. Derive or receive pleasure from.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
31. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
33. A federally chartered savings bank.
34. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
37. A state in New England.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. An elderly person.
42. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally.
45. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
48. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
49. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Wild and domestic cattle.
55. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
56. An event that occurs at a critical time.
59. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
62. The capital and largest city of Norway.
63. Flat tableland with steep edges.
65. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
68. Situated in front of the anus.
71. A genus of Thraupidae.
75. An associate degree in applied science.
76. Antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis).
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
81. An extinct Semitic language of northern Syria.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
83. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
84. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
85. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. The face of a timepiece.
2. Belonging to some prior time.
3. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
4. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
5. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
6. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
7. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
8. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
9. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra.
10. A port in southwestern Scotland.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
13. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
14. A quantity of no importance.
22. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran and who invaded Kuwait (born in 1937).
24. A town in north central Oklahoma.
27. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. At a previous time.
32. The twelfth month of the Hindu calendar.
35. Revise or reorganize, esp. for the purpose of updating and improving.
36. A city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley.
39. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
43. A branch of the Tai languages.
44. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. Anything that covers or conceals.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
58. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
60. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
61. Of or relating to the palm of the hand.
64. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
66. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
67. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
69. Very fertile.
70. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
72. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
73. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
74. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
77. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
78. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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