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1. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
4. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos.
12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
17. Informal terms for a mother.
18. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
20. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
25. Type genus of the Anatidae.
27. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
28. God of love and erotic desire.
29. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
37. A young woman making her debut into society.
40. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
41. Related to or located at the back.
44. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
50. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
52. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
53. Only the bowfins.
54. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
56. The sixth day of the week.
57. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
59. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
60. Indigo bush.
62. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
64. In bed.
67. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
71. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
75. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
76. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
79. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
80. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
81. A great raja.
82. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
2. A slender double-reed instrument.
3. A motley assortment of things.
4. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
8. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
9. Related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain.
10. Not ended.
11. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
14. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
19. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
24. Jordan's port.
26. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
30. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
32. Make less visible or unclear.
35. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
36. True firs.
38. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
39. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
42. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
43. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
45. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
47. Someone skilled in the use of a rifle.
48. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
55. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
58. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
61. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
66. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
68. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
69. An unofficial association of people or groups.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
74. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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