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1. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
4. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
12. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
15. Towards the side away from the wind.
16. A genus of herbs that resemble clover.
17. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Sealed vessel where water is converted to steam.
20. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
22. Flat tableland with steep edges.
24. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
25. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
27. Periodic maintenance on a car or machine.
29. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
30. Devoted to horses.
31. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
35. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
38. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
39. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
40. (Christianity) Saved from the bondage of sin.
42. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
44. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
48. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
51. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
52. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. Not out.
58. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
61. Noisy talk.
62. A notable achievement.
64. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
68. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
71. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
73. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
75. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
76. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
79. Clean or orderly.
80. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
82. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. 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.
2. A desert in southern Israel.
3. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
4. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
5. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
6. Unequivocally detestable.
7. In a vile manner.
8. (informal) Of the highest quality.
9. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n.
12. Toward the mouth or oral region.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
14. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
21. Gannets and boobies.
23. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
26. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
28. Tea tortrix.
32. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
33. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
34. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
36. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
37. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
41. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A form of Japanese poetry.
46. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
49. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
50. Childcare during the day while parents work.
54. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
55. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
56. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
59. The system of numbering pages.
60. An honorary arts degree.
63. Indigo bush.
65. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
70. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
72. The sixth day of the week.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. Being nine more than ninety.
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