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1. Of southern Europe.
4. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
12. Make amends for.
15. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.
17. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
18. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
20. Being nine more than forty.
21. Of or relating to lizards.
23. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
24. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
31. Characteristic of false pride.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
35. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. An awkward stupid person.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
50. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
55. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
57. Pull back or move away or backward.
60. In bed.
62. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
63. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
66. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
68. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
71. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
72. Talking idly or incoherently.
74. A genus of Mustelidae.
77. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
78. Gone by.
82. (Irish) The sea personified.
83. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
84. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
85. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
2. Adopted in order to deceive.
3. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
4. Russian Soviet leader.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. Dance the slam dance.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
12. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
13. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
14. A language group of the Hokan family.
19. The vein in the center of a leaf.
22. (usually plural) A destructive action.
25. Jordan's port.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. (Irish) Goddess.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
44. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
46. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
47. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
48. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
56. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
58. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
59. A genus of evergreen climbers.
61. Source of a tough elastic wood.
64. United States baseball player.
65. Register formally.
67. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
69. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
70. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
73. Something causes misery or death.
75. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
76. The month following February and preceding April.
79. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
80. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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