CROSSWORD 1664

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1. Preserve of crushed fruit. 4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownishgreen toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers. 12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation. 15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived. 16. The quantity contained in a crate. 17. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse. 18. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa. 20. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin. 22. On or toward the lee. 25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC). 26. Any of several short-billed Old World rails. 30. Earnest or urgent request. 33. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries. 36. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril). 39. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation. 41. A horizontal beam that extends across something. 42. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia. 44. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. 45. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded). 47. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end. 50. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves. 51. Having accumulated or become more intense. 53. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead. 57. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic. 59. The basic unit of money in Finland. 63. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 67. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. 70. A master's degree in business. 71. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed. 72. A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate. 74. A decree that prohibits something. 75. Not widely known. 76. A machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together. 77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo. 2. Norwegian mathematician (18021829). 3. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams. 4. A proportion multiplied by 100. 5. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group. 7. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel. 8. Being nothing more than specified. 9. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors. 10. Wild llama. 11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 12. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. 13. Type genus of the Majidae. 14. A thrusting blow with a knife. 19. Be false to. 21. A large number or amount. 23. With no effort to conceal. 24. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. 27. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja. 28. A special anniversary. 29. An agenda of things to do. 31. Carry out or participate in an activity. 32. A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold). 34. A percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer. 35. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another. 37. A state in northwestern North America. 38. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse. 40. Group of people related by blood or marriage. 43. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light. 46. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea. 48. Spread or diffuse through. 49. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. 52. A mettlesome or fiery horse. 54. Make false by mutilation or addition. 55. The capital of Western Samoa. 56. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists. 58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily. 60. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya. 61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 64. God of death. 65. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). 66. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents. 68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. 69. Standard temperature and pressure. 73. A heavy precious metallic element.