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1. Lie adjacent to another.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
11. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
15. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
16. Cook in liquid.
17. A notice of someone's death.
18. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
19. In a foreign country.
20. Capital of Vanuatu.
21. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
23. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
24. In a rigid manner.
26. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
29. A white trivalent metallic element.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Affect with wonder.
33. Being one more than one hundred.
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. A woman who is engaged to be married.
51. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
52. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
53. A noticeable decline in performance.
55. A European river.
56. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
58. Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol).
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
65. Not out.
69. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
73. (informal) Of the highest quality.
74. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
75. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
76. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
77. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
78. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
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1. American novelist (1909-1955).
2. A statute in draft before it becomes law.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
5. A master's degree in business.
6. The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.
7. A lyric poet.
8. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
9. Wild ginger.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).
12. Dwell (archaic).
13. United States operatic soprano (born in 1929).
14. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
27. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
30. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
36. 1/10 gram.
37. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
38. East Indian annual erect herb.
39. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
44. A genus of Procyonidae.
45. God of the earth.
46. Register formally.
48. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
49. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
50. A patient who has been vaccinated.
54. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
57. A telegram sent abroad.
59. In operation or operational.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. In bed.
64. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
66. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A human female who does housework.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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