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1. Inquire about.
4. A short amusing opera.
12. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. The front limb (or homologous structure in other animals such as a flipper or wing).
17. A boy or man.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
22. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
24. Drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
25. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
26. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
28. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
30. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
33. As hot as if in an oven.
35. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
36. An enclosed space.
37. A French abbot.
41. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
45. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
46. One or some or every or all without specification.
47. A resident of Iowa.
49. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
50. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
52. Noisy quarrel.
55. A person to whom money is paid.
57. A kind of sideboard or buffet.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
62. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
66. Covered with beads of liquid.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Gracefully slender.
74. Jordan's port.
75. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
76. A cleric who ordains.
78. A decree that prohibits something.
79. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
80. (botany) Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. More often or more frequently.
5. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
6. At a previous time.
7. Undergo resorption.
8. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
9. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
10. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A port city in southwestern Iran.
12. Of a surface.
13. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
14. American Revolutionary patriot.
21. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
23. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
27. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
29. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
31. Transparent anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye.
32. Resembling or containing clay.
34. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
38. God of wealth and love.
39. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
40. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
42. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
43. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
44. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
48. Or or related to acetic acid.
51. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
53. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
54. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
56. A permanent council of the United Nations.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. A city in northern India.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
65. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
67. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
72. Something that remunerates.
73. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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