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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. An organized body of related information.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
15. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
18. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
20. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
21. The residue that remains when something is burned.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
28. Affected by wear.
31. Having an exceedingly bad reputation.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. An irritating or obnoxious person.
37. A flexible container with a single opening.
38. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
41. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
45. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
49. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
50. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
51. United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946).
52. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
55. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
56. Located in or toward the back or rear.
59. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
61. A state in New England.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. Derive or receive pleasure from.
66. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
68. Despicably mean and cowardly n.
71. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
72. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
73. An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.
74. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
75. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
76. Not bearing offspring.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A distinguished female operatic singer.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
9. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
10. American financier and Revolutionary patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785).
11. Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
13. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
14. A Loloish language.
19. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
23. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
25. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
26. The Destroyer.
27. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
29. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
30. A state in New England.
32. Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad.
33. A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.
34. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
39. A deep bow.
40. An informal conversation.
43. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
44. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
46. Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form etc..
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
53. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
54. Italian poet (1569-1625).
57. United States baseball player.
58. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
60. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. God of love and erotic desire.
67. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
69. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
70. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
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