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ACROSS
1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
4. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
11. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
15. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. Ring or echo with sound.
17. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
18. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. Any of several seeds that yield oil.
20. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
21. Any of various types of cabbage.
23. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
25. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
27. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
29. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
32. An informal term for a father.
33. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
37. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
39. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
40. A strong emotion.
41. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
44. (British) A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
46. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
47. Suggestive of the supernatural.
50. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
51. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
53. Dwell (archaic).
54. A song that was formerly popular.
55. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
57. Very attentive or observant.
59. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
60. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
61. A Japanese supervisor.
64. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
69. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
72. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
73. Earlier in time.
75. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
76. The residue that remains when something is burned.
77. Tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs.
79. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
80. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
81. Woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
82. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
3. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
4. A decorative pin worn by women.
5. A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.
6. In a state of sleep.
7. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
8. A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal.
9. A disposition to remain inactive or inert.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
12. The eighth month of the civil year.
13. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
14. At or constituting a border or edge.
22. Found along western Atlantic coast.
24. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
30. North American bluebirds.
31. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
34. Showing fear and lack of confidence.
35. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
36. Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
38. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
45. Sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism.
48. A graphic character used in ideography.
49. Suggestive of the supernatural.
52. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
56. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
58. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
62. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
63. Greek mythology.
65. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
68. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
70. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
71. The highest level or degree attainable.
74. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
78. Being nine more than ninety.