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1. Preserve of crushed fruit.
4. The pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug).
12. A person's brother or sister.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh.
17. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
18. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
20. Diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension.
21. God of wealth and love.
23. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
24. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
27. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
29. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
30. A light touch or stroke.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
40. A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Situated in front of the anus.
47. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
48. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. The space between two lines or planes that intersect.
50. Ask for and get free.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
59. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
61. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
63. Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
64. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
68. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
71. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
72. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
73. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
75. Having relatively few calories.
76. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
77. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
78. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A prophet of the first century.
2. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
3. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
6. On the move.
7. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
8. Covered with scabs.
9. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
12. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
14. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
25. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
32. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
33. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
34. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. In a spare manner.
39. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
41. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
42. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
53. Having lost your job.
54. 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.
55. Very small northern fish.
56. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.
57. Up to the immediate present.
60. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
62. The sacred city of Lamaism.
65. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
69. A strong emotion.
70. God of the underworld.
74. The eleventh month of the civil year.
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