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1. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
5. United States politician who was elected the first Black may of Los Angeles (1917-1998).
12. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
15. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
16. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. (British colloquialism) An excavation.
19. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
23. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
24. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
31. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
32. Unable to move or resist motion.
33. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
37. A bachelor's degree in music.
39. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
40. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. An awkward stupid person.
46. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
47. Used especially of fruits.
50. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
53. 16 ounces.
54. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
56. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
59. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. Before noon.
63. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
66. Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell.
69. Having a woven pattern.
72. A unit of pressure.
73. A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves.
76. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
77. Fiddler crabs.
78. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
80. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
81. A doctor's degree in theology.
82. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
2. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
3. The fatty flesh of eel.
4. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826).
6. Greek wine flavored with resin.
7. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
8. 1 species.
9. Up to the immediate present.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. An affirmative.
12. Hit hard.
13. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
14. A sign of something about to happen.
21. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
27. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
29. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
30. An awkward stupid person.
34. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
35. A republic in central Europe.
36. A large fleet.
38. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
44. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
45. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury.
48. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
49. That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form.
55. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
57. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
58. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
60. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
64. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
65. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
67. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
68. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
74. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
75. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
79. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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