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1. A shape that sags.
4. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
12. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants.
17. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
18. The fatty flesh of eel.
19. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
20. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
22. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
24. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. A farewell remark.
29. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
31. A major god.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
35. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
37. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. Lower in esteem.
46. Chief port of Yemen.
49. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
50. (British) "use your noddle".
52. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
55. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
58. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
59. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
62. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
63. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
67. The Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
70. Herb native to southern Europe.
71. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
72. Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
75. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
76. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
77. Completely devoid of wisdom or good sense.
79. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
80. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
81. Having antlers.
82. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
2. Again but in a new or different way.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
5. Covered with paving material.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. United States poet (1849-1916).
8. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
9. (Irish) The sea personified.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
12. Second brightest star in Perseus.
13. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
14. Look at with amorous intentions.
21. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
23. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
25. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
27. God of wealth and love.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
30. Any system of principles or beliefs.
33. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
34. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
36. In bed.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
40. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
42. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
45. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
47. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
48. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
51. 16 ounces.
53. Goddess of fate.
54. A simple type of jet engine.
56. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
57. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
60. Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces.
61. Affect with wonder.
64. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
65. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
66. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
68. A quantity of no importance.
69. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
73. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
74. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
78. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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