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1. Belonging to some prior time.
5. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
12. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
15. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
16. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
19. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
22. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
24. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
25. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
26. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
27. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
29. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
36. One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).
42. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
43. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
44. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
47. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
49. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
51. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
53. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
56. The brother of your father or mother.
59. A vigorous blow.
61. Of southern Europe.
64. United States film maker (1897-1991).
66. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
70. The male reproductive organ of a flower.
72. Receiving a salary.
74. A loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing.
77. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
78. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
79. A person loved by another person.
81. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
82. Being one more than nine.
83. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
2. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
3. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
5. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
6. Remote and separate physically or socially.
7. A formation of people or things one beside another.
8. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
9. An island in the West Indies.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Using speech rather than writing.
14. With no effort to conceal.
21. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
23. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
28. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
30. A genus of Laridae.
33. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
34. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
35. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
37. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
38. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
40. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. Short and fat.
45. The month following March and preceding May.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A composition for orchestra and a soloist.
50. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
54. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
55. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
57. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
58. A long-playing phonograph record.
60. Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
62. Stir up or tend.
63. Music composed for dancing the pavane.
65. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
67. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
71. A state in New England.
73. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
75. A Nilotic language.
76. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
80. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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