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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
11. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
17. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
18. Having leadership guidance.
19. The pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation.
20. A beautiful and graceful girl.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
24. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
26. Again but in a new or different way.
28. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
29. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
36. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
40. An elaborate song for solo voice.
41. Armor plate that protects the chest.
43. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
44. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
46. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
50. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pinktinged fruit.
52. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
53. A primeval personification of air and breath.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
57. Leafless East Indian vine.
60. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
63. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
66. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
69. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
72. A quantity of no importance.
73. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
74. Made more desirable or valuable or profitable.
78. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
79. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
80. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
5. (botany) Of some seeds.
6. (of meat) Full of sinews.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
9. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
10. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
11. Having two feet.
12. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
13. Relating to principles of right and wrong.
14. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
22. English monk and scholar (672-735).
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A negative.
30. (formal) A person who announces important news.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
34. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
35. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
37. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
38. Produced by a manufacturing process.
39. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
42. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
45. A crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins.
47. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
48. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
49. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
51. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
56. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
58. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
59. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
61. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
62. Squash bugs.
64. At any time.
65. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
67. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
70. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
71. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
75. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
76. A heavy precious metallic element.
77. A Mid-Atlantic state.