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ACROSS 1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem). 4. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods. 12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects. 16. An extinct Semitic language of northern Syria. 17. Liveliness and energy. 18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 19. Concerning those not members of the clergy. 20. Cause to agonize. 22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds. 24. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet. 25. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure. 26. Not fed. 29. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples. 35. In the near future. 36. A Hindu disciple of a swami. 38. A state in the Rocky Mountains. 40. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord. 42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 44. The second day of the week. 45. Regional and archaic. 47. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice). 49. A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk. 51. A Russian river. 53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 54. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 57. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days. 58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC). 62. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion. 64. An informal term for a father. 65. A handheld collapsible source of shade. 68. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth. 73. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia). 74. As many as a house will accommodate. 77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 78. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice. 79. (zoology) Of or resembling a goose. 80. A city in north central Morocco. 81. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research. 82. A great raja. 83. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. Divulge information or secrets. 2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered. 3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 4. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad. 5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 6. A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt. 7. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch. 8. Being one more than one hundred. 9. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 10. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf. 11. Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth. 12. Aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative. 13. The basic unit of money in Uruguay. 14. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another. 21. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons. 23. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967). 27. The face or front of a building. 28. Having a taste like that of grapes. 30. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables. 31. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side. 32. A group of countries in special alliance. 33. Preferred above all others. 34. Small genus of densely tufted annual herbs. 37. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color. 39. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. 41. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor. 43. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. 46. Jordan's port. 48. Being in competition. 50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 52. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers. 55. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born. 56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 59. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska. 60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt. 61. Formerly included in genus Cedrela. 63. A crime syndicate in the United States. 66. Adopted in order to deceive. 67. Produced or growing in extreme abundance. 69. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets. 70. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail. 71. In bed. 72. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages. 75. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships. 76. To make a mistake or be incorrect.