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1. A city in north central Morocco.
4. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
15. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
16. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. A strong emotion.
19. Beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.
20. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
22. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
24. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
27. A persistently annoying person.
29. Enthusiastic approval.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. A quantity of no importance.
35. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
38. Weapons considered collectively.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
44. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
46. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
48. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
49. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. A resource.
52. (Irish) The sea personified.
53. By bad luck.
57. Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm.
61. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
63. The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. To patch up or renovate.
74. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
75. A three-year law degree.
76. The state capital of South Australia.
78. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
80. A great raja.
81. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
4. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
6. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
7. A state of high honor.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. Make a plat of.
21. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
23. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
31. Type genus of the Timaliidae.
33. A baby bed with sides and rockers.
36. Of or relating to or near the nares.
37. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
39. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
41. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
42. A bachelor's degree in religion.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq.
56. United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
58. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
59. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
60. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
62. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. The capital of Western Samoa.
67. Any competition.
68. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
69. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. The month following February and preceding April.
77. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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