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ACROSS
1. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
16. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
17. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
18. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
19. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.
20. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.
25. Loss of the ability to swallow.
27. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey). 28.Tag the base runner to get him out.
30. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
33. On or toward the lee.
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
40. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bellshaped flowers.
42. Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795).
43. (informal) Roused to anger.
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
46. An affirmative.
47. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. In an affectionate or loving manner.
53. In the shape of a coil.
56. Mint plants.
58. English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812).
59. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
61. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
62. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
68. A city of central China.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. Web spinners.
77. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
78. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80.The bill in a restaurant.
81. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
82. City in central Iran.
83. (Babylonian) The sky god.
DOWN
1. Jordan's port.
2. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
3. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
4. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
5. A person who eats human flesh.
6. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
7. Type genus of the Ranidae.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
9. Silkworm moths.
10. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
11. Lacking motor coordination.
12. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
13. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and welldefined red margins.
26. Again but in a new or different way.
29. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Twist or braid together, interlace.
34. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987).
35. A city in western Germany.
37. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
38. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
39. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
41. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
44. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
50. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
51. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
52. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
54. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
55. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
57. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
60. A genus of Pyralidae.
63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
64. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
66. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
67. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
69. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
70. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
74. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
75. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.