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1. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
4. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks.
17. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
18. The opening of a subject to public discussion and debate.
20. A person who rises (especially from bed).
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A note placed below the text on a printed page.
24. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu.
26. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
27. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
31. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
35. Gained or acquired.
38. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
41. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
44. Move unobtrusively or furtively.
45. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
46. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
47. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
51. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
53. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
54. A city in southeastern South Korea.
57. On the move.
59. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
61. German hero.
68. Depressing in character or appearance.
69. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
72. Avatar of Vishnu.
73. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
74. Having the skin scraped off.
76. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
77. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
78. A festival featuring African-American culture.
79. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
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1. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
2. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
4. Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba.
5. Second brightest star in Perseus.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
7. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
8. Black tropical American cuckoo.
9. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
10. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
11. Suggestive of the supernatural.
12. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. The basic unit of money on Malta.
19. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
23. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
25. Any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers.
29. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
32. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
33. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
34. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
36. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
37. An informal term for a father.
39. The residue that remains when something is burned.
40. Mix up or confuse.
42. The capital of Morocco.
43. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
52. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
55. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
56. Capital and largest city of Lebanon.
58. In operation or operational.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. 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.
63. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
64. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
65. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
66. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
67. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
70. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
71. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
75. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
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