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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
5. A port city in southwestern Iran.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
15. An onerous or difficult concern.
16. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
17. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
18. Among the largest bony fish.
19. Fill with high spirits.
21. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
28. A thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes.
29. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
32. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
33. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
35. The unit of frequency.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
42. The highest level or degree attainable.
45. National capital of Kiribati.
47. Located in or toward the back or rear.
48. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
50. (baseball) A hit that flies straight out from the batter.
51. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
53. The yield from plants in a single growing season.
55. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
56. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. (Teutonic and Norse mythology) A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried.
64. 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.
65. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
68. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
77. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
84. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
85. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
86. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
2. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
3. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
7. Jordan's port.
8. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
9. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Type genus of the Otariidae.
12. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
13. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
14. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
20. Diffusing warmth and friendliness.
22. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
24. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
26. Half the width of an em.
27. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
30. Pull back or move away or backward.
31. A large fleet.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A three-tone Chadic language.
37. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
39. An island of central Hawaii.
40. Think moodily or anxiously about something.
41. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
43. A bachelor's degree in religion.
44. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
46. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
49. Warn in advance or beforehand.
52. Being one more than ninety.
54. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
58. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
59. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
61. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
62. A light touch or stroke.
63. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
66. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
67. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
69. American novelist (1909-1955).
71. Set down according to a plan.
72. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. The residue that remains when something is burned.
76. An accountant certified by the state.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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