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1. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
16. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. Whiten with Blanco.
19. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
20. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
21. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
22. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe.
24. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. In operation or operational.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
35. English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935).
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
42. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
45. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
49. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
51. Constituting an imitation.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
56. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
58. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
60. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
61. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
64. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
68. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
72. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
74. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
75. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
76. Relating to human society and its members.
78. Tag the base runner to get him out.
79. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
80. Octopuses and paper nautilus.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
4. A bar of sand.
5. A slender double-reed instrument.
6. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
8. An advanced law degree.
9. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
10. (music) Without breaks between notes.
11. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
12. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
13. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
14. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
26. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
30. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
34. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
36. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
39. Someone whose business is advertising.
40. Characteristic of false pride.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
44. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
48. A city in Veneto.
50. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
52. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
57. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
59. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
62. Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet.
63. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
65. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Jordan's port.
69. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
70. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
71. A Russian river.
73. A licensed medical practitioner.
77. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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