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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. Of or relating to syllables.
12. A master's degree in business.
15. Being one more than two.
16. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
17. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
18. Plug of cotton or other absorbent material.
20. The brightest star in Cygnus.
21. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
22. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
23. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
25. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
26. Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
34. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
43. A display of bad temper.
46. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
47. Of or relating to near the ear.
48. A state in the eastern United States.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
52. (zoology) Having joints or jointed segments.
57. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
58. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
61. Skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin.
63. Low land that is seasonally flooded.
64. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
65. Framework for holding objects.
69. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
73. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
77. A quantity of no importance.
78. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
79. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
2. A city of central China.
3. An island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
4. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
5. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
6. Being five more than fifty.
7. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. Help as a benefactor.
10. A strong emotion.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
13. (informal) Exceptionally good.
14. Make amends for.
19. The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.
24. The state of being unsure of something.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
33. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
35. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
36. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
39. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
41. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
44. Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
45. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
51. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
53. Chief of the Vanir.
54. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
55. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
56. The vein in the center of a leaf.
59. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
60. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
70. An accountant certified by the state.
71. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Before noon.
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