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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. An island northwest of Wales.
12. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
15. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
16. A very large pot that is used for boiling.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. By bad luck.
20. Willing to face danger.
21. A male servant (especially a footman).
22. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
24. Work hard.
25. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
26. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
28. (British) A maker of counterfeit coins.
30. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
38. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
42. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
43. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
45. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
50. Before noon.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
54. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
55. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
57. A sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators.
59. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
60. To fix or set securely or deeply.
63. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
66. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. A human limb.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. Extremely pleasing.
79. A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.
80. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
81. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
82. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
83. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
6. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
7. An advanced law degree.
8. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
9. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
10. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
11. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
12. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
13. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
14. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
19. Wood of a sumac.
23. Type genus of the Ranidae.
27. The sound made by corvine birds.
29. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. A large and stately mansion.
32. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
40. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
41. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
49. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. A reformed prostitute.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. Any plant of the genus Erica.
62. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
67. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings.
68. The content of cognition.
70. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
71. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
72. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
74. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
75. Term of address for a man.
76. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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