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1. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s. 5. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins. 11. An informal term for a father. 15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 16. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC). 17. Toward the mouth or oral region. 18. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917). 19. Remove a bar from (a door, for example). 20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. 21. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 23. Any taillike structure. 25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 26. Not ever. 28. A city in the Asian part of Russia. 31. North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and edible nuts. 34. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk). 38. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film). 40. A Portuguese title of respect. 41. Having undesirable or negative qualities. 44. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances. 45. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god. 50. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism. 52. The sign language used in the United States. 53. Chief port of Yemen. 54. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968). 55. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron. 57. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane. 60. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death. 67. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt. 70. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. 71. A woolen cap of Scottish origin. 72. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana. 75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 76. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds. 77. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia. 78. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.

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1. About three feet long exclusive of tail. 2. Harass with persistent criticism or carping. 3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 4. Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance. 5. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care. 6. A Chadic language spoken in Chad. 7. Go ashore. 8. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac. 9. Australian clover fern. 10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 11. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions. 12. Type genus of the family Arcidae. 13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America. 14. The sixth month of the civil year. 22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 24. Collect or gather. 27. A tube in which a body fluid circulates. 29. The compass point that is one point east of due south. 30. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas. 32. Having a heading or course in a certain direction. 33. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal. 35. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. 36. Treat with iodine. 37. A baby bed with sides and rockers. 39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 42. United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946). 43. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days. 46. Resembling the new moon in shape. 47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 48. French cabaret singer (1915-1963). 49. Suitable to or characteristic of drama. 51. Speaking a Slavic language. 56. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 58. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds. 59. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia. 61. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 62. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws. 63. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967). 64. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 65. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities. 66. The biblical name for ancient Syria. 68. An advanced law degree. 69. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand. 73. Before noon. 74. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.