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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
15. Time during which some action is awaited.
16. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae.
17. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
18. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
20. A province in north-central China.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
22. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
24. Innumerable but many.
26. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
28. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
29. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
31. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
32. A unit of weight used in Asia.
34. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
36. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
39. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
43. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
45. Of inferior or mixed breed.
47. Not only so, but.
48. A town in southern Turkey.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
53. (Babylonian) The chief Babylonian god.
56. (Babylonian) The chief Babylonian god.
59. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
60. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
64. Having a large belly.
67. Caused to be slower or later.
71. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
74. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
75. The force of workers available.
76. Not subject to death.
78. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
79. Seed of a pea plant.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A sharp blow.
2. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
3. United States operatic soprano (born in 1929).
4. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
5. (of weather or climate) Physically mild.
6. An expression of greeting.
7. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
8. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
9. An electrically charged particle.
10. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
11. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957).
12. The verbal act of offering.
13. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
14. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
19. Occurring during the middle of the week.
23. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. The present time or age.
27. A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in southwestern United States.
30. A genus of hawk-like owls.
33. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
35. A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions.
37. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
40. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
41. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
44. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
46. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
49. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
54. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
55. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. Remove the clip from.
58. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
61. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. American novelist (1909-1955).
66. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. Noisy talk.
69. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
70. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
72. An argument opposed to a proposal.
73. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
77. A form of address for a man.
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