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1. A small amount (especially of a drink). 4. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable. 12. The compass point midway between south

and southwest. 15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment. 16. A distinctive odor that is offensively

unpleasant. 17. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians. 18. Old World nocturnal canine mammal

closely related to the dog. 20. The 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 21. A resource. 22. Undergo ulceration. 23. The person who plays that position on a

football team. 25. In bed. 26. British artist and writer of nonsense verse

(1812-1888). 29. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe. 30. A radioactive element of the actinide

series. 32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the

heaviest of the halogen series). 33. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered. 35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 37. Combined or joined to increase in size or

quantity or scope. 41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 45. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus

indicus. 47. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers. 50. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to

provide intensive care. 51. A broad flat muscle on either side of the

back. 52. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus. 53. The phenomenon of resistance to motion

through a fluid. 56. A Russian river. 58. Destroyed physically or morally. 59. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 61. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum. 62. First in order of importance. 64. Not only so, but. 66. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of

Central and South America. 67. Any piece of work that is undertaken or

attempted. 71. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991. 75. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 76. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangers as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo. 78. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in

Turkey or Egypt. 79. The longer of the two telegraphic signals

used in Morse code. 80. Moving with great speed. 81. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.

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1. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded

South American lizard. 2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated

silica of variable color. 3. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers. 4. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey. 5. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or

tossed and served with a moist dressing. 6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 7. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber. 8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated

with the World Bank. 9. An artifact designed to be played with. 10. Edible body of any of numerous oysters. 11. The template for protein synthesis. 12. Building material used as siding or roofing. 13. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America. 14. Chief god. 19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 24. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. 27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 28. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces. 31. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine. 34. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. 36. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of

rubberized fabric. 38. United States songwriter noted for his

protest songs (born in 1941). 39. Related on the mother's side. 40. Marked by features of the immediate and

usually discounted past. 42. Of the color of black ink. 43. Make amendments to. 44. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically). 46. United States baseball player and manager

(1873-1934). 48. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 49. The state capital of South Australia. 54. A cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend. 55. All the plant and animal life of a particular

region. 57. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur. 60. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers. 63. The capital city of Vietnam. 65. United States writer (born in Poland) who

wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957). 68. A French abbot. 69. A brace that extends from the rear of the

keel to support the rudderpost. 70. Knock unconscious or senseless. 72. An associate degree in applied science. 73. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding

the mouth. 74. Call upon in supplication. 77. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.