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1. To an excessive degree.
4. Set forth authoritatively as obligatory.
11. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
17. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
18. A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients.
19. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar.
21. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
23. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
24. Bright and pleasant.
25. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
32. The production of young from an egg.
35. A doctor's degree in optometry.
39. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
40. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
44. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
45. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
51. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
53. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
54. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. The residue that remains when something is burned.
57. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. A public promotion of some product or service.
69. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
71. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
73. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America.
77. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
78. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
79. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
80. By bad luck.
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1. A resort city in western Florida.
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. A city of southeastern Mexico.
4. A small island.
5. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
6. A spotted or calico horse or pony.
7. The smallest of the Great Lakes.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
10. A doctor's degree in religion.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. Having relatively great weight.
13. A Russian river.
14. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
20. A colorless poisonous gas.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
34. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
36. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
37. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
38. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
41. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
42. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
43. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
46. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
55. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
59. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
64. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
65. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
66. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
67. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. A bachelor's degree in library science.
70. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
72. The force of workers available.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
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