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Across

  • 1. an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
  • 5. the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
  • 10. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  • 14. proceed without interruption; in music or talk
  • 15. of or relating to alga
  • 16. the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
  • 18. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
  • 19. censure severely or angrily
  • 20. of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
  • 22. of or contained in or performing the function of the veins
  • 24. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
  • 25. a member of the Dravidian people living in southern India
  • 26. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
  • 27. the basic unit of money in _____
  • 29. something hard to endure
  • 30. a pen for livestock in southern Africa
  • 32. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827)
  • 34. gather ____s, by digging in the sand by the ocean
  • 38. a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
  • 39. chew without swallowing
  • 41. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
  • 43. a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
  • 44. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
  • 50. adorned by inlays
  • 51. throw ____s at or attack with ____s
  • 52. a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
  • 53. react to a decoy, of wildfowl
  • 54. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
  • 55. small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
  • 56. (informal) a quick private conference
  • 58. a branch of the Tai languages
  • 59. by committing to memory
  • 60. of or related to the anus
  • 62. an active struggle between competing entities
  • 63. the nest of a squirrel
  • 64. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
  • 69. a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
  • 71. South African writer (1903-1988)
  • 72. any mature animal
  • 75. separate by avulsion
  • 80. an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
  • 82. distinctive and stylish elegance
  • 83. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
  • 84. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
  • 85. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  • 87. have recourse to
  • 88. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
  • 89. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  • 90. expressive of contempt
  • 91. divulge confidential information or secrets
  • 92. sharply disagreeable; rigorous
  • 93. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

Down

  • 1. a desert in southern Israel
  • 2. a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name _____) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
  • 3. continue uninterrupted
  • 4. remove the tusks of animals
  • 5. a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
  • 6. any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
  • 7. pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
  • 8. the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French
  • 9. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
  • 10. treat, mention, or speak to rudely
  • 11. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
  • 12. a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name ______) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications
  • 13. a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean
  • 14. record data on a computer
  • 17. of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people
  • 21. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
  • 23. (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
  • 28. an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States
  • 31. slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  • 33. a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
  • 34. tender and brittle
  • 35. in music
  • 36. softly bright or radiant
  • 37. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
  • 39. a native or resident of Wales
  • 40. (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods
  • 42. small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
  • 43. of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular _____ity or neighborhood
  • 45. a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
  • 46. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
  • 47. an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children
  • 48. large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
  • 49. of or characteristic of rats
  • 51. common Indian weaverbird
  • 55. a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
  • 57. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
  • 59. a decree that prohibits something
  • 61. a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security
  • 62. the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
  • 64. type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
  • 65. valuable timber tree of Panama
  • 66. establish or verify the usage of
  • 67. any of several creeping grasses of the genus ______
  • 68. place
  • 69. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926)
  • 70. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  • 73. a final state
  • 74. (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
  • 76. set, turn, or stand on end
  • 77. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
  • 78. someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
  • 79. a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
  • 81. a coil of rope or wool or yarn
  • 86. convert into ___es
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