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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
12. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Wild rice.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A daughter of your brother or sister.
19. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
20. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
22. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
23. Walk or tramp about.
25. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Provide with a terrace, as of a house.
30. A genus of Platalea.
33. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
34. (prefix) Within.
37. Having leadership guidance.
38. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. Unable to relax or be still.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
46. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
47. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. A doctor's degree in optometry.
53. (Babylonian) The sky god.
54. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
58. A grant made by a law court.
61. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
62. Pig iron containing manganese.
64. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
66. The official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body.
67. Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream.
70. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
71. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
74. Extremely cold.
75. 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.
76. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
78. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
79. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
80. Having accompaniment or companions or escort.
81. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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1. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. A notable achievement.
4. German mathematician (1804-1851).
5. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
6. An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime.
7. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
8. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
10. Being one more than two.
11. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
12. Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant.
13. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
24. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A swimming kick used while treading water v 1.
36. A Japanese supervisor.
41. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities.
43. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
44. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
45. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
48. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
49. A radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified.
55. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
56. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
57. First in order of birth.
59. Clean by virtue of having been washed in water.
60. Marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup.
63. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
65. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956).
68. A city of central China.
69. At or constituting a border or edge.
72. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
73. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
77. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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