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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 4. Consider as ideal. 12. How long something has existed. 15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 16. Aromatic bark used as a spice. 17. An informal term for a father. 18. Port city in western Albania on the Adriatic. 20. Below the required standards for a purpose. 21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 22. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage. 24. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. 26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 27. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. 30. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril). 33. An order of Eutheria. 38. Toward the mouth or oral region. 39. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization. 41. United States basketball forward (born in 1950). 42. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala. 46. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). 47. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments. 49. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it. 51. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia. 52. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. 53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 55. Being nine more than ninety. 56. Type genus of the Ranidae. 58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 60. 16 ounces. 62. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys. 63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 67. Showing or causing joy and pleasure. 72. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. 74. Containing or composed of fat. 77. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556. 78. 100 avos equal 1 pataca. 79. Impressive in appearance. 81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 82. (British) Your grandmother. 83. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River. 84. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.

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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca. 2. Largest known toad species. 3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing. 4. Someone who cuts and delivers ice. 5. Any orchid of the genus Disa. 6. Half the width of an em. 7. (Babylonian) The sky god. 8. A narrow way or road. 9. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies. 10. Polished and well-groomed. 11. (prefix) Within. 12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 13. Offering fun and gaiety. 14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 19. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. 23. A domain in which something is dominant. 25. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum. 28. Caught in European waters. 29. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 31. A family of Ural-Altaic languages. 32. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living. 34. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroidstimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary. 35. Having unsuitable feminine qualities. 36. To come or go into. 37. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour. 40. A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 43. A Nilotic language. 44. Chief port of Yemen. 45. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia. 48. A full skirt with a gathered waistband. 50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 54. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion. 57. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves. 59. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934). 61. Make less visible or unclear. 64. Australian moundbird. 65. Free from dirt or impurities. 66. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. 68. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos. 69. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates. 70. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. 71. Type genus of the Hylidae. 73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 75. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply. 76. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people. 80. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.