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1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
4. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A place where the wicked are punished after death.
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. A man who serves as a sailor.
19. The system or principles and theory of labor unions.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
23. Half the width of an em.
24. An entire system.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
29. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
32. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
36. (chemistry) Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis.
40. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
41. Clover ferns.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Adopted in order to deceive.
46. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
47. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
48. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
56. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
59. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
60. Type genus of the Phocidae.
63. A severe or trying experience.
70. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
71. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
74. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
75. Singing jazz.
76. Small individual study area in a library.
78. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
79. A (usually) large and scholarly book.
80. A festival featuring African-American culture.
81. Inquire about.
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1. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
2. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. A genus of Strigidae.
5. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
6. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
7. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
8. (British) Your grandmother.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
10. Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped gray and green and white warty rinds.
11. The capital of Eritrea.
12. English essayist (1775-1834).
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
25. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
27. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
30. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
34. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
35. A large fleet.
37. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.
38. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
39. Set down according to a plan.
42. Jordan's port.
44. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
53. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
54. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
55. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
57. A person of Polish descent.
58. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
61. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
62. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
64. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
65. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
66. The capital of Switzerland.
67. Type genus of the Ranidae.
68. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
69. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
72. Informal terms for the mouth.
73. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
77. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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