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1. The cry made by sheep.
4. Small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia.
12. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
15. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
16. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Move out of a curled position.
20. Small cold-water silvery fish.
21. Take in solid food.
22. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.
23. British politician (1788-1850).
25. The site of an archeological exploration.
27. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
29. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
31. A Loloish language.
33. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
36. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
38. Any system of principles or beliefs.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
41. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
42. A humorous anecdote or remark.
43. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
44. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
46. A hazy or indistinct representation.
49. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
50. By bad luck.
51. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
54. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
57. Foul with waste matter.
59. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
62. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
64. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
65. A small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
70. The act of ceding.
73. State in northeastern India.
74. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
75. A dress crepe.
77. Being one more than two.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. Absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously.
80. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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1. (in sports) A period of play during which one team is on the offensive.
2. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
3. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
4. (Russian) Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
5. A small island.
6. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
7. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
8. The highest level or degree attainable.
9. Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep.
10. Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts.
11. The products of human creativity.
12. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Wife of Ramachandra.
19. Being of use or service.
24. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
26. A thief who enters a building with intent to steal.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. United States writer (born in 1925).
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
35. Of or like a cecum.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Of or relating to or containing barium.
45. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
47. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
48. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
52. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
53. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
55. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
56. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
58. State capital of New York.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
61. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
63. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
66. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
67. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
68. Expel, as of gases and odors.
71. Free from liquid or moisture.
72. An electrically charged particle.
76. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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