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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937).
12. Not reflecting light.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Of or relating to bodily fluids.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I').
20. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
21. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
23. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
25. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
30. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
33. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
37. American novelist (1909-1955).
38. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
41. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
42. Not in.
44. Having two axes.
46. Someone who communicates high praise.
48. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
49. Marked by casual disrespect.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.
51. An honorary degree in science.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
60. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
61. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
64. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
67. A detested person.
70. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
71. A sudden forceful flow.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. A flexible container with a single opening.
77. Fried quickly in a little fat.
78. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
79. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
80. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
5. A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. A draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.
8. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
9. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
10. A small piece of cloth.
11. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
24. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
26. Being one more than seventeen.
28. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
29. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
32. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
34. The second largest state.
35. The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
36. Make a more or less disguised reference to.
39. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
40. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
43. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
45. The striking of one body against another.
47. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
54. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
55. Large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.
57. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
59. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
62. English monk and scholar (672-735).
63. Type genus of the Percidae.
65. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
66. Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924).
68. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
69. A French abbot.
72. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
73. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
74. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
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