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1. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
4. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
12. Water frozen in the solid state.
15. The fatty flesh of eel.
16. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
17. A boy or man.
18. A date.
20. Two items of the same kind.
21. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
23. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
25. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
26. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
28. The unit of frequency.
29. Wife of Balder.
30. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
33. Flowing in drops.
36. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
38. In societies practicing shamanism.
43. With ease.
45. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
47. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
48. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. A city in northeastern Ohio.
53. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
56. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
57. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
58. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
61. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
79. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
80. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city.
2. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
3. Someone who plies a trade.
4. The basic unit of money in Macao.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
8. Minor or subordinate.
9. An artificial language.
10. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
11. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
12. A lake in northwestern Russia.
13. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
14. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
19. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. A can for storing tea.
27. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
34. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
35. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
37. An enclosed space.
39. Something intended to deceive.
40. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
41. Stay clear from.
42. The present occasion.
44. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
49. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
50. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
59. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
60. All the plant life in a particular region.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Noisy talk.
64. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
65. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. Set down according to a plan.
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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