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1. Noisy talk.
4. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
11. Strike sharply.
15. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
16. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
17. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
18. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
19. A battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512.
20. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
21. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. Make an etching of.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Having low density.
34. Any high mountain.
36. A genus of Mustelidae.
37. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
39. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
42. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Jordan's port.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
54. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
55. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
60. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
61. Long, usually formal, woman's dress.
63. A genus of Platalea.
67. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
70. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
72. A woman who guided Dante through Paradise in The Divine Comedy.
74. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
75. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
76. Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer.
77. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
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1. Not only so, but.
2. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
3. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something v 1.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
6. An important god.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
12. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
13. Affected manners intended to impress others.
14. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Sour or bitter in taste.
27. Wanted intensely.
28. Pronounce with an initial sibilant.
30. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
32. Lacking vigor or energy.
33. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
35. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
40. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
41. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. Brain corals.
47. Goddess of love and fecundity.
52. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.
56. Suggestive of the supernatural.
57. A telegram sent abroad.
58. The space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
59. Filled with a great quantity.
62. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
64. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
66. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
68. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
69. A resource.
73. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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