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ACROSS
1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. 4. Characteristic of a region. 12. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning. 15. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood. 16. A device that controls amount of light admitted. 17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar. 18. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace. 20. Attractiveness to the opposite sex. 21. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth. 22. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances). 23. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman. 24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934). 26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 27. Australian clover fern. 29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 31. A state in New England. 36. Lose blood from one's body. 40. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 42. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 43. The ending of a series or sequence. 44. A city of central China. 45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 47. To a great extent or degree. 49. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. 51. An enclosed space. 52. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. 53. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time. 54. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer. 57. The sacred city of Lamaism. 59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 62. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii). 65. An officer of the law. 69. A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste. 70. Unknown god. 72. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela. 73. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors. 74. A learned person (especially in the humanities). 77. Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature. 78. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye. 79. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals. 80. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
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1. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin). 2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 4. Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies. 5. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses. 6. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors. 7. Extremely robust. 8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska. 9. A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion). 10. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich. 11. Hungarian composer of light operas (18701948). 12. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression. 13. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation. 14. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. 19. South American cavy. 25. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo). 28. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia. 30. Type genus of the Blattidae. 32. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness. 33. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all. 34. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya. 35. (North America) A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. 37. Order by virtue of superior authority. 38. Resembling swine. 39. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food. 41. A long narrow excavation in the earth. 46. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue. 48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. 50. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle. 55. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked. 56. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress. 58. An American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman. 60. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. 61. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. 63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 64. (informal) Rural and uncouth. 66. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914). 67. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin. 68. A quantity of no importance. 71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 75. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals. 76. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.