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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
11. Hitting a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter.
15. Of the blackest black.
16. French philosopher and theologian.
17. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. Having bracts.
20. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.
21. A state in midwestern United States.
23. Open again or anew.
24. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
26. A small island.
28. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
29. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
30. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
32. A branch of the Tai languages.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
41. A city in northeastern Ohio.
43. A vigorous blow.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Being one more than six.
50. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
56. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
57. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
58. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
61. Domestic swine.
63. The airforce of Great Britain.
64. English monk and scholar (672-735).
65. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
67. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
72. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
76. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
79. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
80. An elaborate song for solo voice.
81. (combining form) Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler.
83. A notable achievement.
84. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
85. Of or at or relating to an anode.
86. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A genus of Platalea.
2. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
3. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
4. A city in central Tanzania.
5. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
6. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
7. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
8. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
9. A strong emotion.
10. (computer science) The code that identifies where a piece of information is stored.
11. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
12. Type genus of the Upupidae.
13. One who accepts an offer.
14. A general direction in which something tends to move.
22. Russian mathematician (1856-1922).
25. A European river.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
33. Jordan's port.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Strike sharply.
38. An extreme state of adversity.
39. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
40. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
42. Used of pens.
44. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
45. A drawing illustrating the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes.
49. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
51. Most important element.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
59. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
60. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
62. Offering fun and gaiety.
66. A genus of Ploceidae.
68. A three-tone Chadic language.
70. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
71. Advanced in years.
73. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
74. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
75. A quantity of no importance.
77. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
78. Black tropical American cuckoo.
82. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
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