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1. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
4. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers.
12. Inquire about.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. Of or relating to an agent or agency.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna.
20. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
25. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
27. Noisy talk.
30. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals.
33. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
37. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
41. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
42. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
46. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
47. Board a plane.
49. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
50. (British) Your grandmother.
51. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
54. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
56. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
58. A human limb.
61. A form of address for a man.
63. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
69. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
70. The amount of money needed to purchase something.
73. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
74. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
79. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
80. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
2. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
3. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
4. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
7. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
8. Indicating the most important performer or role.
9. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
10. Noisy talk.
11. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Relating to the Urdu language.
23. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
24. An ability that has been acquired by training.
26. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
28. The eleventh month of the civil year.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
32. Small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies.
34. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
35. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
36. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
39. A grant made by a law court.
40. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
43. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
45. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
48. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
52. A flexible container with a single opening.
53. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
55. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
57. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
59. The capital of Morocco.
60. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
62. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
64. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. The quality of a person's voice.
68. A town in north central Oklahoma.
71. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
72. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
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