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1. Give a nickname to.
4. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
11. An informal term for a father.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
17. Very dark black.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
20. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
21. States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
23. Island in West Indies.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
27. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
28. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
31. A pass between mountain peaks.
32. The act of scanning.
33. Jordan's port.
35. A partially opened flower.
39. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
42. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
46. (of sound) Fluctuating unsteadily.
48. Rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead.
50. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
53. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
55. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
57. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
58. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
59. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
60. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
64. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
66. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
70. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
71. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
74. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
75. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
77. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
78. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
79. Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.
80. An audiotape recording of sound.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
4. Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year.
5. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
6. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.
7. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
8. Parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia.
9. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
10. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. A port city in southwestern Iran.
13. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
14. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
29. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
30. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together.
34. A Scottish word.
36. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
37. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
38. Offering little or no hope.
40. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
41. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
43. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
44. Out of bed.
45. A city in Tuscany.
47. Talking idly or incoherently.
49. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
54. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
56. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
61. The content of cognition.
62. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
63. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
65. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
67. In bed.
68. A Loloish language.
69. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
72. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
73. A flexible container with a single opening.
76. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
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