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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
5. Australian evergreen shrubs.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
17. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
18. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
19. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
20. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
22. Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers.
24. Being one more than fifty.
26. Beyond what is natural.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
31. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
36. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
39. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
43. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A Finnish steam bath.
48. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
49. A runner in a one-mile race.
51. Being four more than fifty.
52. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
55. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
58. An official or legal cancellation.
60. A thick and heavy shoe.
61. Serving to set in motion.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
67. In the spine.
71. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
72. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
76. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
77. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
78. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
80. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
81. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
82. A great raja.
83. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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1. The habitation of wild animals.
2. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
3. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
4. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
5. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
6. Remove from memory or existence.
7. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Something that resembles a pill in shape or size.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
12. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
13. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
14. Cause annoyance in.
21. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. By bad luck.
32. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
33. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
34. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
38. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
40. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
41. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
42. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
44. The basic unit of money in Haiti.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
53. Perennial herb of North America.
54. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
56. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers.
57. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
59. An East Indian sailor.
62. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
63. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
65. A drama set to music.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. Being seven more than fifty.
70. A loud utterance.
73. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
74. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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