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1. A police officer who investigates crimes.
4. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
12. The unit of frequency.
15. The month following March and preceding May.
16. (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
20. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
22. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
25. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
26. Not bearing offspring.
27. Being of use or service.
29. A heavy precious metallic element.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
33. (trademark) A transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.
35. Being nine more than ninety.
36. Be typical of.
40. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
44. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
45. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
47. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
49. Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes.
51. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
52. The capital of Western Samoa.
54. God of wealth and love.
55. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
57. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
62. A mountainous region in central Italy.
67. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people.
69. Informal terms for urination.
70. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
71. The sister of your father or mother.
74. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
75. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
77. To say or state again.
79. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
80. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
81. Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs.
82. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
2. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
3. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
4. Heat beforehand.
5. Receiving a salary.
6. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
7. A master's degree in business.
8. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
9. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
10. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Most important element.
13. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
14. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
19. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
21. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
23. A Mid-Atlantic state.
24. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
28. United States space station.
30. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
34. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
37. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
38. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
39. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
42. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
46. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
48. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
50. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
53. The state capital and largest city of Arizona.
56. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
59. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
61. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
63. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
64. A long narrow natural elevation or striation.
65. Located inward.
66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
68. A sharply directional antenna.
72. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
73. An accidental happening.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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