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1. Top part of an apron.
4. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
12. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. Something causes misery or death.
21. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
23. (British) Informal term for the nose v 1.
25. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
27. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
29. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
30. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
38. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
41. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
44. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
49. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
54. A tributary of the Rio Grande.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice.
63. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
65. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
69. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
73. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
75. An associate degree in nursing.
76. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
77. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
78. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries.
81. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
82. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
83. In a heated manner.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
6. Characteristic of a mob.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
9. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
12. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
13. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
14. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
19. Jordan's port.
22. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
24. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
26. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
28. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
31. A stately court dance in the 17th century.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
36. Of definite shape and volume.
37. (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
39. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
40. A person forced to flee from home or country.
42. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A doctor's degree in religion.
48. A self-governing colony of Denmark on the Faroe Islands.
50. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).
53. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. A state in New England.
68. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
71. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
80. A state in east central United States.
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