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ACROSS 1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 4. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826). 11. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to

the base of the fingers. 15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into

linear motion. 16. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages. 17. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York. 18. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 19. An individual portion of food or drink. 20. A platform raised above the surrounding level

to give prominence to the person on it. 21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing

wholly or in part. 23. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand). 25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 27. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate

to an elegy. 30. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the

Old World. 33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow

leaves and small flowers. 34. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the

eastern Mediterranean. 38. Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of

Assam in northeastern India. 39. Perennial herb of North America. 40. United States abstract expressionist painter

(1910-1962). 44. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 45. 100 halers equal 1 koruna. 46. Be going to. 48. How long something has existed. 49. Articles of the same kind or material. 51. Relating to or included in the zodiac. 56. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 61. The upper house of the parliament of the

Republic of Ireland. 64. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. 65. Muslim name for God. 68. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). 71. An adult male person (as opposed to a

woman). 72. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. 73. A Dravidian language spoken in southern

India. 74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from

aba cloth.

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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family

Carangidae. 2. Very light colored. 3. Type genus of the Amiidae. 4. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant)

note of a major or minor scale in solmization. 5. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. 6. Having dropped by the force of gravity. 7. African antelope with ridged curved horns. 8. The capital of Nationalist China. 9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists

corrosion. 10. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph. 11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia

or North Africa. 13. Being three more than fifty. 14. Flat tableland with steep edges. 22. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of

food). 24. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is

highly corrosion-resistant. 26. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light. 28. Rapid and indistinct speech. 29. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence. 31. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with

dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears. 32. (botany) Of some seeds. 35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in

southeastern Asia. 36. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau

(1862-1918). 37. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. 41. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt. 42. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state. 43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs

northeast into the Rhine. 47. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo

and Artemis in ancient mythology. 50. A building having a circular plan and a dome. 52. Add ions to. 53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone

else. 54. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 55. The emotion of hate. 57. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. 58. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. 59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 62. English essayist (1775-1834). 63. By bad luck. 66. An undergarment worn by women to support

their breasts. 67. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the

wearer's garment. 69. A radioactive transuranic element. 70. An associate degree in nursing.