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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation.
12. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa.
17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. The eighth month of the civil year.
22. United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930).
24. A permanent council of the United Nations.
26. Small genus of dwarf orchids.
28. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
33. A very large person.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
38. A sudden very loud noise.
40. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
42. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
44. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. Give a nickname to.
48. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
49. A city of central China.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. An extreme state of adversity.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
60. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
64. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
68. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
69. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
71. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
73. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
74. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
75. Not based on fact.
77. How long something has existed.
78. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
79. A country on the island of Dominica.
80. A boy or man.
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1. Walk clumsily.
2. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
3. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
4. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
5. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
6. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
9. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
10. Any plant of the genus Nigella.
11. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
12. Highly concentrated or intense.
13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
21. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
23. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. Of or like a cecum.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
30. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
31. A woman of refinement.
32. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
34. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
35. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
36. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
39. Being three more than fifty.
41. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
43. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
47. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
50. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
52. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
53. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
55. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
56. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
58. Indigo bush.
61. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
62. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
63. Secured or held in place by tape.
65. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
70. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
72. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
76. Before noon.
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