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1. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
4. Of or relating to the chest or thorax.
12. The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
15. (Sumerian) Sun god.
16. Partially clothed.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
20. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
22. The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting.
24. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
26. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
27. Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
31. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
35. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
39. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
40. Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
42. A state of northeastern India.
43. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
44. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
50. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
51. Of or in or relating to the nose.
53. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
57. Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk.
60. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
61. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
65. Using speech rather than writing.
67. Advanced in years.
68. Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786).
71. A loose cloak with a hood.
73. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
74. Being the exact same one.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
79. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
4. Blood-sucking African fly.
5. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.
6. The ending of a series or sequence.
7. A growth in strength or number or importance.
8. Black tropical American cuckoo.
9. Money collected under a tariff.
10. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
11. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
12. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
14. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
21. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
23. A deliberately false or improbable account.
25. A very troublesome child.
29. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
32. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
33. God of wealth and love.
34. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
36. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
37. Wild and menacing.
38. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
45. Being one more than two.
46. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
49. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
52. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. Not out.
56. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
58. British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947).
59. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. A small wooded hollow.
69. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
70. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
72. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
76. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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