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1. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
4. Having much knowledge or education.
12. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
15. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. United States mythologist (1904-1987).
17. The habitation of wild animals.
18. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
20. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
21. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
22. An Indic language.
23. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
25. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait.
26. A gum resin from the conium hemlock tree.
29. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
33. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
38. Parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity.
39. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
43. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
45. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
47. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico.
49. On or toward the lee.
50. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
58. A European river.
62. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
65. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
67. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
68. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
73. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
74. A city in the European part of Russia.
75. Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
77. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
78. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
79. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
80. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
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1. American Revolutionary patriot.
2. Of a pale purple color.
3. Unable to relax or be still.
4. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
5. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
6. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
7. Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
8. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
9. Subdivision not used in some classifications.
10. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
11. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
12. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
13. Not only so, but.
14. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. A suburb of Paris.
24. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
27. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
28. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
30. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
31. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
32. Isolated from others.
34. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
35. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
36. A republic in western South America.
37. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
40. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
44. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
46. Great coolness and composure under strain.
48. Refresh one's memory.
51. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
52. A radioactive transuranic element.
55. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
57. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Treated with some kind of application.
60. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
61. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
66. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. A unit of pressure.
71. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
72. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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