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1. Living quarters at a college or university where students live.
5. Genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
15. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
16. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
19. A genus of Procyonidae.
20. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
21. A skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones.
23. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
30. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
38. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
40. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
41. An unforeseen obstacle.
44. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
48. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
49. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
50. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
57. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
61. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
66. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
69. Jordan's port.
70. Obvious and dull.
74. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
75. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
78. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
79. Take in solid food.
80. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
81. A European river.
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1. A small replica of a person.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. Gather, as of as crops.
4. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
5. (British) First-rate.
6. (Greek mythology) God of love.
7. Type genus of the Sittidae.
8. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
9. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
10. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
11. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
12. An awkward stupid person.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. Fallow deer.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
29. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
31. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
36. Give information.
37. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike.
39. Small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead.
42. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
46. Rub elbows with.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. Top part of an apron.
55. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
58. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
59. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
60. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
62. A Loloish language.
63. Anything that serves as an enticement.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. A French abbot.
67. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
68. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
71. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
72. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
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