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1. A shaped mass of baked bread.
5. Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. Type genus of the Amiidae.
16. Have a reunion.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
19. The twelfth month of the civil year.
20. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
22. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
23. Being nine more than forty.
25. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
27. An unofficial association of people or groups.
28. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
35. The residue that remains when something is burned.
38. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
46. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
47. United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980).
49. An expression of greeting.
51. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
52. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
53. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
56. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. Shaped like a cube.
60. Enthusiastic approval.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. Obvious and dull.
67. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
69. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. The capital of Eritrea.
78. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
82. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
83. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
84. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
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1. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
2. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
3. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
4. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. Any plant of the genus Inula.
10. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
11. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
13. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
14. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
21. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
24. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
30. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
33. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. Wood of a sumac.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
39. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
40. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
41. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
50. The content of cognition.
54. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
55. American dramatist (1928- ).
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
62. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
65. A city in northern India.
66. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
68. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
71. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
72. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
75. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. Being nine more than ninety.
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