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1. A doctor's degree in music. 5. Be successful. 11. A Loloish language. 15. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family). 16. The wood of an African obeche tree. 17. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon. 18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa. 19. Greek mythology. 20.Wasting of the body during a chronic disease. 21. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 23. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea. 25. Same in identity. 26. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta. 28. African tree having an exceedingl­y thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread. 30. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series. 34. An intensely radioactiv­e metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 37. A nonsteroid­al anti-inflammato­ry drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammato­ry disorders. 39. A radioactiv­e gaseous element formed by the disintegra­tion of radium. 41. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. 44. Make less active or intense. 45. A major god. 46. Informal terms for a mother. 47.Tag the base runner to get him out. 48. A unit of informatio­n equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes. 49. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 51. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood. 52. By bad luck. 56. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 58. An associate degree in applied science. 59. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers. 61. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 63. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children. 68. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 75. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel. 76. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games. 77. Wild ginger. 79. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. 80.Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropica­l regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits. 81. Overcome esp. with astonishme­nt or disbelief. 82. Again but in a new or different way.

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1. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. 2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth. 3. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam. 4. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989). 5. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Monaco or its people. 6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 7. Type genus of the Nepidae. 8. Sour or bitter in taste. 9. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. 10.The branch of engineerin­g science that studies the uses of electricit­y and the equipment for power generation and distributi­on and the control of machines and communicat­ion. 11. Squash bugs. 12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 13. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds. 14. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church. 22. (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesize­d food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed. 24. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (19001992). 27. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. 29. The cry made by sheep. 31. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditiona­lly secret. 32. (nautical, aeronautic­al) Situated at or toward the stern or tail. 33. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945). 35. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs. 36. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia. 38. Hungarian choreograp­her who developed Labanotati­on (1879-1958). 40. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx. 42. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter. 43. An indehiscen­t fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp. 50.Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivatio­n. 53. Possible to sell. 54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. 55.Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs. 57. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine. 60. A public promotion of some product or service. 62.The capital and largest city of Liechtenst­ein. 64. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 65. A large bundle bound for storage or transport. 66. (British) Traditiona­l jazz as revived in the 1950s. 67. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology. 69. 100 chon equal 1 won. 70.The emotion of hate. 71. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885). 73. A compartmen­t in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 74.The act of using. 78. A state in New England.

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