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1. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
5. Regional and archaic.
12. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
16. (biology) Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
19. Expressing deep personal emotion.
20. An island of central Hawaii.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
34. Lower in esteem.
35. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
37. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
38. The selling of something purchased.
40. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
41. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
42. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
43. In addition.
45. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
46. A man who is engaged to be married.
49. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
57. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
62. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
64. An accountant certified by the state.
67. Advanced in years.
68. A blind god.
72. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
73. Depending on free oxygen or air.
75. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
76. A Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds.
77. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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DOWN
1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. Great coolness and composure under strain.
6. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
7. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
8. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. 1 species.
12. An island northwest of Wales.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. United States painter born in Germany.
23. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
24. Flavored with sour orange peel.
25. Inability to walk.
26. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
30. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
31. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
32. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
33. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
36. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
39. Put out or expel from a place.
44. A fraudulent business scheme.
47. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
48. Wearing or provided with clothing.
50. Anything that covers or conceals.
53. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
59. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
65. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
66. Highly excited.
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
71. (informal) Of the highest quality.
74. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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