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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
17. God of death.
18. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
20. Slightly open.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. Of or relating to or involving an area.
23. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
26. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
28. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers.
31. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
37. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
38. Being one more than one hundred.
39. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
42. Informal terms for a mother.
44. A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).
47. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A city and port in northern Jutland.
52. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
54. Marked by the reception of pay.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
58. An associate degree in applied science.
60. Late time of life.
69. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
71. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
72. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF.
73. A populous province in northeastern China.
75. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).
77. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
78. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
79. The father of your father or mother.
81. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
82. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
83. Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
4. Of textiles.
5. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
6. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Before noon.
12. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
19. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
24. Unknown god.
25. Of surpassing excellence.
27. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
29. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
30. The brightest star in Orion.
32. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
33. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. Arm again.
36. A trade language widely used in Chad.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Set down according to a plan.
46. A loft for storing hay.
48. South African term for `boss'.
50. Mildly laxative n.
53. Having a dusky brownish gray color.
55. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
59. A white trivalent metallic element.
61. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
62. Rub elbows with.
63. Wood of any of various maple trees.
64. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
65. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
66. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
70. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
74. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
76. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
80. A state in New England.
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