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ACROSS
1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
4. Less than human or not worthy of a human being.
12. A container.
15. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
16. Catch up with and possibly overtake.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
19. Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.
20. State in northeastern India.
22. Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears.
24. A republic in southeastern Europe.
26. The fatty flesh of eel.
29. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
30. Hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
33. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (18741954).
34. Of or relating to a canton.
37. Characterized by obscenity.
42. Without mercy or pity.
44. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. The act of using.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941).
53. The state of being allied or confederated.
54. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
55. Type genus of the Anatidae.
57. Of or relating to or involving an area.
58. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. City in central Iran.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
79. Sauce for pasta.
80. Related by blood.
DOWN
1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. A city in east central Texas.
3. Type and only genus of the family Tytonidae.
4. An artificial language.
5. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
6. Altered from an originally straight condition.
7. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
8. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
9. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
10. A state in northwestern North America.
11. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
12. An oil port in southern Iraq.
13. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
14. Verbal abuse.
21. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
23. Extent downward or backward or inward.
25. A caress with the lips.
27. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
28. A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
31. The state that precedes vomiting.
32. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
36. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
38. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
39. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
40. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
41. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
43. A master's degree in library science.
47. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. Being nine more than forty.
49. Found along western Atlantic coast.
51. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
52. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
56. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
60. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
62. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
63. A sudden short attack.
64. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
65. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. Most important element.
72. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
73. The habitation of wild animals.