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1. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
5. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
19. Dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC).
20. A master's degree in business.
21. Summer cypress.
23. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Be in accord.
28. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. Typical geese.
35. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
39. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
41. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
42. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
43. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
44. Any of various units of capacity.
46. Half the width of an em.
48. An angular shape made by folding.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
54. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
56. A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds.
58. (Welsh myth) The other world.
60. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
66. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
74. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
77. The cry made by sheep.
78. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
79. Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.
81. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
82. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
83. Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
84. An informal term for a father.
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1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. Covered with paving material.
5. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
6. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
7. An article of clothing.
8. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
9. Very small.
10. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
11. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
27. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
30. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
31. Having help.
33. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
34. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
36. The opening of a subject to public discussion and debate.
37. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
38. Raise in a relief.
40. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
45. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
47. The general activity of selling.
49. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
50. (British slang) Cafe.
52. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where is was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
55. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
57. Again but in a new or different way.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. Type genus of the Upupidae.
67. Make reference to.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Family based on male descent.
71. In bed.
72. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
73. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
75. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
76. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
80. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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