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1. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
4. Marked by great carelessness.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Made of or resembling lace.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
20. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
21. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
22. More of the same adv.
24. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
31. Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
35. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
38. An onerous or difficult concern.
42. Not having been read.
45. Not in good physical or mental health.
46. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
50. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
53. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
55. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
57. English monk and scholar (672-735).
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A state in New England.
61. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
70. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
71. Young cow.
74. Being nothing more than specified.
75. A large fleet.
76. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. Marked by the reception of pay.
78. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
79. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
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1. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
2. Lie adjacent to another.
3. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
4. Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body.
5. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
10. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
11. A large number or amount.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. Common Indian weaverbird.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A Russian river.
23. Capital and largest city of Italy.
25. A magic power or magic spell.
28. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
29. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
30. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
32. Occurring or payable every year.
33. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
36. Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).
37. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
41. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
43. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
49. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
56. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
60. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Large luxurious car.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. Having been read.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. Crowd or pack to capacity.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
73. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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