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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Designed for use in loading e.g. cargo.
11. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A squire carrying the armor of a knight.
17. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
18. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
19. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
20. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
21. A republic in southeastern Europe.
23. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
25. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
38. Follower of Rastafarianism.
42. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
43. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
44. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
46. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
47. Offering fun and gaiety.
49. Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
52. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles.
54. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
55. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
57. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
58. Civet of Madagascar.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
69. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
71. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
73. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
75. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
76. Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
78. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
79. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
80. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Fruit of the oak tree.
4. Made of or resembling lace.
5. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
6. A primeval personification of air and breath.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
9. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
10. A city in southeastern Spain.
11. South Asian deer with three-tined antlers.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
13. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
22. Make less active or intense.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. In bed.
28. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
30. Any plant of the genus Kalmia.
32. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
35. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
36. Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia.
37. Free from dirt or impurities.
39. Leave immediately.
40. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
41. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
48. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. A particular environment or walk of life.
51. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
53. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
56. Remove completely from recognition or memory.
59. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. A drama set to music.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd.
68. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
72. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
74. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
77. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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