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1. Type genus of the Muridae.
4. A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
11. In bed.
15. The residue that remains when something is burned.
16. An apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
17. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
18. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
19. Tending to speak irritably.
21. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
23. A ribbon used as a decoration.
24. A person who lacks good judgment.
27. (British) Lively and brisk.
28. Type genus of the Musaceae.
29. A Hindu prince or king in India.
30. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
33. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
35. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
39. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
41. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A city in northwestern Syria.
48. Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
49. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
54. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
56. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
59. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
60. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
63. Clear to the mind.
65. Extremely pleasing.
68. Cause to move forward with force.
70. The capital of Morocco.
71. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
73. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
74. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
76. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
77. Being nothing more than specified.
78. Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
2. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
3. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
4. A female massager.
5. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
6. The father of your father or mother.
7. The back side of the neck.
8. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
9. An artifact designed to be played with.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Jordan's port.
12. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
13. Intelligence derived from non-communications electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources).
14. An informal term for a father.
20. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
22. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
25. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
26. A field game played with a ball (especially baseball).
31. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
32. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
34. Unpleasantly stern.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. Someone who tries to bring peace.
46. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
47. The cry made by sheep.
50. Small siskin-like finch with a red crown.
53. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
55. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. Having winglike extensions.
58. Bar temporarily.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
67. South African term for `boss'.
69. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
72. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
75. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
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