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1. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Unhappy in love.
17. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
18. (of tempo) Very fast adv 1.
20. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
21. A local computer network for communication between computers.
22. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
23. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
25. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
27. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
30. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
31. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
34. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
43. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
46. Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals.
48. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
53. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
54. (used of a horse or related animal) Born.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Jordan's port.
58. Attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means).
61. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
62. 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).
65. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
66. Being one more than one hundred.
67. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
70. Type genus of the Majidae.
74. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
78. A human female who does housework.
81. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
82. Suggestive of the supernatural.
83. Dragonflies and damselflies.
84. Wild and domestic cattle.
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1. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
2. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
3. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
4. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
5. Covered with a roof.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
8. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
9. An electrically charged particle.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
11. The capital of Turkey.
12. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
19. Used of the language of the deaf.
24. Lower in esteem.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. South African term for `boss'.
32. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
33. Greek mythology.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
37. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
44. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
45. (prefix) Within.
47. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
57. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
59. Produced by inbreeding.
60. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
63. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
64. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
68. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
69. Any of various small biting flies.
71. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
72. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
73. Type genus of the Anatidae.
75. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
80. An uproarious party.
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