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1. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore. 4. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. 12. A guided missile fired from shipboard against

an airborne target. 15. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon. 16. South American caracara. 17. Gone by. 18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in

Turkey). 19. A medical establishment run by a group of

medical specialists. 20. Enthusiastic approval. 22. Type genus of the Danaidae. 24. 1,000,000,000 periods per second. 26. Blood-sucking African fly. 27. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a

shoelace or ribbon. 28. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood. 31. Of or relating to or characteristic of

Afghanistan or its people. 32. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure. 34. Weapons considered collectively. 38. A genus of Sterninae. 42. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana. 43. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan. 46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by

behavioral and learning disorders. 47. (Norse mythology) Trickster. 49. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation. 52. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days. 54. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces. 57. Small tropical American tree bearing edible

plumlike fruit. 59. Big-eyed scad. 62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in

Turkey). 66. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the

genus Acacia. 68. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or

its people or culture or language. 70. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 71. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat

trimmed off. 74. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm. 75. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to

10 baths or 10 ephahs. 76. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (13041374). 77. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.

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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family

Carangidae. 2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves. 3. A city of central China. 4. Bring an accusation against. 5. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or

actuality. 6. The sixth day of the week. 7. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry. 8. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries. 9. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors. 10. A state in New England. 11. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as

a headband. 12. A white powder with a pleasant taste and

odor. 13. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or

wonder. 14. An unaccompanied choral composition with

sacred lyrics. 21. High quality grape brandy distilled in the

Cognac district of France. 23. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 25. Formerly a term of respect for important

white Europeans in colonial India. 29. Writes (books or stories or articles or the like)

professionally (for pay). 30. Go trecking. 33. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye. 35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. 36. A woman of refinement. 37. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers. 39. Mushroom corals. 40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of

an organism. 41. The blood group whose red cells carry both

the A and B antigens. 44. A Loloish language. 45. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the

Dali region of Yunnan. 48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 50. Excessively agitated. 51. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or

shoals. 53. A midwestern state in north central United

States. 55. A natural talent. 56. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined. 58. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or

cicadas. 60. The persistence of a sound after its source has

stopped. 61. A German man. 63. Prepare for a military confrontation. 64. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior

limb. 65. Type genus of the Anatidae. 67. Any of various primates with short tails or no

tail at all. 69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from

aba cloth. 72. A highly unstable radioactive element (the

heaviest of the halogen series). 73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.