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1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
4. An organized body of related information.
12. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Locked in by ice.
17. A branch of the Tai languages.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Established irrevocably.
20. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
22. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
24. God of death.
25. A master's degree in literature.
26. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
28. An honorary degree in science.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. Compete for something.
40. The capital and largest city of Japan.
41. Someone who fights for a cause.
43. Gone by.
44. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
47. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
48. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
49. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
51. A large number or amount.
53. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
55. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
57. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
59. Type genus of the Anatidae.
60. Minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat.
63. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
64. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
65. Having winglike extensions.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
72. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
76. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. Skill with numbers and mathematics.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
82. (statistics) Having a single mode.
83. Wild and domestic cattle.
84. An associate degree in applied science.
85. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
86. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. A cooperative unit.
7. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
8. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
9. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
10. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
11. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
12. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
13. A member of the British order of honor.
14. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
21. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
23. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
27. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
33. Ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos).
34. A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
38. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
42. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. Chief port of Yemen.
50. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
52. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
54. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
56. Type genus of the Solanaceae.
58. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
61. A blank gap or missing part.
62. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
66. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
68. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
70. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
71. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
73. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. Very dark black.
75. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
78. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
79. A rapid bustling commotion.
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