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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. (of water depth) Measured by a line and plumb.
11. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
19. Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.
21. Jordan's port.
23. Become friends with.
24. Avatar of Vishnu.
27. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
28. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
30. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
34. The quantity a cask will hold.
39. Lean end of the neck.
41. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
43. Fruit of the oak tree.
45. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
51. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
52. Long and thin and often limp.
53. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
55. (of tempo) Moderately slow n.
57. Informal terms for a mother.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. One or some or every or all without specification.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
80. Testacean rhizopods.
81. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
2. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. Wife of Ramachandra.
5. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
6. (Sumerian) Sun god.
7. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
8. 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.
9. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
10. A Mid-Atlantic state.
11. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
12. A lake in northwestern Russia.
13. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
14. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
20. A large fleet.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
25. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
26. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
29. Derive or receive pleasure from.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. An instinctive motive.
35. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
36. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia.
37. Written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press.
38. Limbless scaly elongate reptile.
40. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
42. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
47. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
60. (Maine colloquial) Temporary summer resident in inland Maine n 1.
63. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
65. Type genus of the Anatidae.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. Set down according to a plan.
69. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
73. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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