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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. Highly involved or intricate.
12. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Or family Polypodiaceae.
17. An accountant certified by the state.
18. The back of a saddle seat.
20. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
21. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. Natural nitrogen-containing bases found in plants.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
26. Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927).
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
34. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
38. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).
41. Being one more than fifty.
42. A genus of Mustelidae.
43. Lie adjacent to another.
44. An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles.
47. A person who makes use of a thing.
48. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
50. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
52. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
53. The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
55. A kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily.
57. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
58. An associate degree in applied science.
60. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
61. Make anew.
65. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
68. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
73. The month following February and preceding April.
74. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
75. A port city in southwestern Iran.
79. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
80. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
82. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
84. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
85. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
3. A form of Japanese poetry.
4. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
5. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. In a tastelessly garish manner.
8. A transuranic element.
9. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
10. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
11. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
12. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
23. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
24. A farewell remark.
27. Of or containing iridium.
30. Go ashore.
33. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
35. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
36. Depressing in character or appearance.
37. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
39. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
40. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
45. Common Indian weaverbird.
46. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
56. Hit hard.
59. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
64. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
66. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
67. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
69. Very dark black.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. Type genus of the Anatidae.
76. The cry made by sheep.
77. Towards the side away from the wind.
78. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
81. A state in southeastern United States.
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