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1. A young woman.
5. An impressive country house (or castle) in France.
12. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings.
17. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
18. A blind god.
19. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
20. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
22. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
25. To protect clothing.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
36. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. A cloth having a crisscross design.
42. Offering fun and gaiety.
43. The capital of Croatia.
45. A genus of Mustelidae.
46. Lacking in light.
47. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
50. A notable achievement.
52. Advance evidence for.
54. Made of fir or pine.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
63. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
67. The act of scanning.
69. Having a common axis.
71. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
75. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
76. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
77. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Extremely robust.
3. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
4. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
5. A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire.
6. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
7. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
8. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
9. Take in solid food.
10. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
11. Of or befitting or characteristic of a wife.
12. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
13. Wind god.
14. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
21. A motley assortment of things.
23. Be against.
24. Considerate and solicitous care.
26. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
28. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
31. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
32. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
34. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
35. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
37. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
40. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
41. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.
48. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
49. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
51. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. Informal terms for money.
58. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
59. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
61. Marked by firm determination or resolution.
62. Large European dormouse.
64. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
65. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Enlarged prostate.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A white trivalent metallic element.
73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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