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1. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
4. Consent reluctantly.
11. The template for protein synthesis.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. Get off (a horse).
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
21. A racing sled for one or two people.
22. A Hindu prince or king in India.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. Room or live together.
26. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
29. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
30. A state in New England.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
37. Make amendments to.
41. A (usually rectangular) container.
42. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
43. By bad luck.
45. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
48. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
49. Any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers.
52. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
53. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
54. A genus of Stromateidae.
55. Pertaining to or near the sun.
58. An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service).
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
64. The act of scanning.
68. A drip made of stone.
74. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
78. Type genus of the Amiidae.
79. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
80. A urinary stone.
81. In bed.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. Pacific newts.
84. Type genus of the Ranidae.
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1. A blind god.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
4. Of a kind specified or understood.
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
7. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
8. Goddess of fate.
9. One thousandth of a second.
10. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
11. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
12. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
27. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
28. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
31. Combined with extraneous elements.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. An informal conversation.
36. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
38. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
39. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
40. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. A genus of Lamnidae.
46. With no effort to conceal.
47. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
50. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
51. Recurring with measured regularity.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
63. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. An elaborate song for solo voice.
67. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
69. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
70. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
72. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
73. An informal term for a father.
75. And nothing more.
76. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
77. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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