CROSSWORD 2387

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1. In bed. 5. English financier (1519-1579). 12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees. 15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. 16. Either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects. 17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 18. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element. 19. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads. 20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters. 22.The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye. 23. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub. 26. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished. 28. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. 29. An informal term for a father. 32. 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. 34. Lower in esteem. 37. Jordan's port. 40. Having the color of caramel. 42. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely. 43. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 45. A state in New England. 46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 48. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. 51. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes. 52. A genus of Ploceidae. 54. National capital of Kiribati. 56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group. 57. A flexible container with a single opening. 59. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary. 60. A person active in party politics. 61. Pain in the gums.64. Hidden and difficult to see. 67. Showing extreme cupidity. 70. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles. 73. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail. 74. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump. 78. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion. 79. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear. 80. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980). 81. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.

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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom. 4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea. 5. A horse-drawn carriage in India. 6. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation. 7. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 8.The money risked on a gamble. 9. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology. 10. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally. 11. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987). 12. Covered with paving material. 13. Speaking a Slavic language. 14. A small cake leavened with yeast. 24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 25. A light touch or stroke. 27. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element. 30. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus. 31. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). 33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin. 35. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household. 36. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols. 38. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects. 39. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers. 41. Diffusing warmth and friendliness. 44. Or or relating to or caused by tides. 47.Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi. 49. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem. 50. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters. 53. Moving quickly and lightly. 55. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 58.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 62. A genus of Platalea. 63.The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries. 65.The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC. 66. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man. 68. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange. 69. 100 sene equal 1 tala. 71. A constellation in the southernhemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 72. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood. 75. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses. 76. A state in the western United States. 77. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.