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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
15. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
16. An iron that was heated by placing it on a stove.
17. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
18. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
19. United under a central government.
20. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
21. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
23. The force of workers available.
24. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
26. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
29. Noteworthy scarcity.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
34. Seed of a pea plant.
36. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
40. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
42. Sottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).
44. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
55. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
56. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
59. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
62. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Low tree ferns with large fronds.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. The sixth day of the week.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
78. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
79. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
4. With little or no preparation or forethought.
5. Give pleasure to.
6. A slight amount or degree of difference.
7. Specify individually.
8. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
9. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. A chronic drinker.
11. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
12. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
13. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
22. The leader of an Arab village or family.
25. Slanderous defamation.
27. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
28. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
30. A short synopsis.
31. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
35. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
37. Obvious and dull.
38. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
39. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
46. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. An informal term for a father.
53. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
57. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
58. Being three more than sixty.
60. A city in northern India.
61. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
63. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
65. Set down according to a plan.
66. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. The month following March and preceding May.
71. 10 grams.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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