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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. Armor plate that protects the arm.
12. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
15. A tight-fitting headdress.
16. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
19. A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery.
20. Adult female chicken.
21. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
23. Divination by the letters of a name.
25. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
27. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
28. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
30. Late time of life.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A soft silvery metallic element.
39. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
40. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
45. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
46. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
49. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
50. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
55. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
57. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
61. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
62. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
64. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
72. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production.
77. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
78. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
79. Used of a single unit or thing.
80. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
2. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
3. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
4. A small nail.
5. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
6. A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
7. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
8. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object.
9. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
10. Cast again.
11. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
12. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Declare untrue.
22. Jordan's port.
24. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
34. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. A yellow quartz.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
44. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
47. A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form.
52. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
54. A fraudulent business scheme.
56. In the shape of a coil.
58. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
66. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. An informal term for a father.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
73. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
74. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
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