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1. The compass point midway between west and southwest.
4. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
19. Polished courtesy.
20. Tag the base runner to get him out.
21. In a foreign country.
23. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
27. An orderly pile.
32. A quantity of no importance.
36. (Greek) A benevolent spirit.
40. Pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers.
41. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
43. A person's brother or sister.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. A rapid bustling commotion.
55. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
56. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
61. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
64. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. A church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies.
72. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
73. The property characteristic of old age.
75. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
78. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. A city in east central Texas.
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
4. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
5. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
8. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
9. Woolly aphids.
10. Be seated.
11. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
12. God of fire.
13. Singing jazz.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
22. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
24. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
25. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
29. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
30. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
31. Belonging to some prior time.
33. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
34. A special loved one.
35. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
37. One million periods per second.
38. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
39. The qualities of a hero or heroine.
42. Chorea in dogs.
45. (physiology) Of nerves and nerve impulses.
49. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
51. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
54. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
57. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
58. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
59. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
60. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
62. In bed.
63. Rounded like an egg.
66. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Rate of revolution of a motor.
71. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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