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1. Inquire about.
4. Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
11. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A person holding a fief.
21. Lower in esteem.
23. A Mid-Atlantic state.
24. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
32. A former French coin of low denomination.
33. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
34. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
35. A showy outward display.
39. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
45. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
49. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
50. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
52. Affect with wonder.
54. A state in southeastern United States.
55. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
61. A hereditary ruler.
65. A human female who does housework.
67. Not invited or requested.
69. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
70. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. So scary as to cause chills and shudders.
74. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
75. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
77. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
79. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. A warning against certain acts.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
7. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
8. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
9. Being the only one.
10. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
11. Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
12. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
13. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
14. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
20. A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle.
22. One who is playfully mischievous.
26. The process of leaching.
27. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
28. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
30. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
31. Of or relating to the velum.
36. Largest known toad species.
37. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
38. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
40. Jordan's port.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. Being nine more than forty.
47. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
48. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
51. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
53. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
56. A Chinese gambling game.
57. A mountainous region in central Italy.
58. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
59. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
60. Abounding in rushes.
62. Squash bugs.
63. Of inferior or mixed breed.
64. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
66. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
68. The eighth month of the civil year.
71. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
72. (informal) Of the highest quality.
76. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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