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1. Inquire about.
4. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
12. The month following April and preceding June.
15. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
16. Leisure time away from work.
17. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
18. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
20. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
22. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
24. The site of an archeological exploration.
26. A quantity of no importance.
28. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
30. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
33. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
37. Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
41. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
42. An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
45. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
46. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
49. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
50. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
51. Squash bugs.
54. Elephant seals.
58. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
59. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
62. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
65. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
68. A doctor's degree in music.
71. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
76. Adult female chicken.
77. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
81. (informal) Roused to anger.
82. Take in solid food.
83. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. By bad luck.
2. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
3. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
4. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
8. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
9. Large Indian antelope.
10. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
11. Half the width of an em.
12. God of death.
13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
14. Not only so, but.
19. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
21. Of or at or relating to an anode.
23. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
25. A quantity that is added.
27. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
29. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
31. Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813).
32. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
34. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
35. Remove the clip from.
36. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
39. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
43. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
44. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
47. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
48. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
55. Tag the base runner to get him out.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
64. Having the slant of a bevel.
70. An informal term for a father.
80. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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