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Crosswords 2 Flashcards

1
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Second largest city of New Zealand’s South Island

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Dunedin

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2
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Settle securely

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Ensconce

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Cowboy hat

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Stetson

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Preoccupation with things which please the senses

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Sensuality

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5
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Deep colour between green and indigo

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Royal Blue

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One who allocates weights to be carried by racehorses

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Handicapper

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Successful ‘Australia II’ skipper in 1983 America’s Cup

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John Bertrand

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Dutch dancer and WWI secret agent

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Mata Hari

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Native of Guantanamo eg

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Cuban

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10
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Deciduous tree of northern hemisphere

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Alder

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11
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Narrow sea inlet between cliffs

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Fjord

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12
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Engraved gemstone

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Cameo

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13
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Tiny reproductive body of plant

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Ovule

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14
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Quality of having rational, consistent speech

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Coherence

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15
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Passenger vehicle

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Omnibus

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Synonym of the adjective ‘musical’

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Melodious

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17
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Glue-like filler used on paper and cloth, eg

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Sizing

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18
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Major Chilean city

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Santiago

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19
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Bosporous inlet

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Golden horn

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20
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Polynesian kingdom

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Tonga

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21
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Black Sea port

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Odessa

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22
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West Indian state

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Goa

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23
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Dublin’s nation

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Eire

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Northern Ireland county

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Armagh

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25
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River bordering Ontario and Quebec

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Ottawa

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Algerian currency

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Dinar

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27
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Mediterranean isle awarded the George Cross

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Malta

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28
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Saharan sand seas

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Ergs

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29
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Mythological Maori hero

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Maui

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30
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Small loose stones also known as talus

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Scree

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31
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The pianist - best actor oscar winner

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Adrien Brody

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32
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Model and actress in The Other Woman

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Kate Upton

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33
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Frog like amphibian

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Toad

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34
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Readjusting

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Rearranging

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35
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Dogged student

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Trier

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36
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Insulting behaviour

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Abusiveness

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37
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Change

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Transform

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38
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Dominions

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Realms

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39
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Connecticut university

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Yale

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40
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Sauce

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Gravy

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41
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Hang loosely

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Drape

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42
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Less likely to change

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Stabler

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43
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Excavates mud

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Dredges

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44
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Conspired

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Schemed

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45
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Judgments

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Edicts

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46
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Enlightened

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Educated

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47
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Unwisely

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Inanely

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48
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Belittling

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Deriding

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49
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Intermittently drizzly

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Showery

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50
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Common weeds

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Dandelions

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51
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Tricks

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Dupes

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52
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Tiny glittering decoration

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Spangle

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53
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Soldier’s burrow

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Foxhole

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54
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Larrikins

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Hooligans

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55
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Cut (design) with acid

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Etch

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56
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Beliefs

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Creeds

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57
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Knitting style

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Fair Isle

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58
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Plans

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Aims

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59
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Greatness

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Grandeur

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60
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Treaty

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Pact

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61
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Circus performers

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Jugglers

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62
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Temptation

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Lure

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63
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Correct behaviour

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Propriety

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64
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Preposition - about

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Circa

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65
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Pivots

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Fulcrums

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66
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Puritan

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Prig

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67
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Bowling stint

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Spell

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68
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Former Chinese weight unit

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Tael

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69
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Coffin stand

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Bier

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70
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Malay knife

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Kris

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71
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Part of a church

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Aisle

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72
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Exalt

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Raise

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73
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Bailiff

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Reeve

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74
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Sea eagle

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Erne

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75
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Needle case

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Etui

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76
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Muse of love poetry

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Erato

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77
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Think logically

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Ratiocinate

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78
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Mother of pearl

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Nacre

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79
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Unit of dry volume measure

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Bushel

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80
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Semaphore

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Signal

81
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Blackthorn fruit

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Sloe

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Annex

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Add

83
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Resin used in floor coatings

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Epoxy

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Dour

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Grim

85
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Grow

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Develop

86
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Stand next to

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Abut

87
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Type of willow

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Osier

88
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Gaelic

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Erse

89
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Farinaceous food

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Pasta

90
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Catcall

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Boo

91
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Odd

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Uneven

92
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Therefore

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Ergo

93
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Brown coal

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Lignite

94
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Copiously supplied

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Replete

95
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Funeral procession

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Cortege

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Result

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Upshot

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Substitute

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Ersatz

98
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Jacob’s Biblical brother

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Esau

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Long-limbed (colt)

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Leggy

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Quirky character

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Oddball

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Executes (law)

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Enacts

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Padre

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Chaplain

103
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Libyan capital

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Tripoli

104
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Light pleasant rhythm

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Lilt

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River Rhine German city

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Bonn

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Fainting

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Swooning

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Step (on)

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Tread

108
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Sailor

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Seafarer

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Champagne, … and Chandon

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Moët

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Truncheons

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Batons

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Apparent worth

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Face value

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Slipshod

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Careless

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Came forth

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Emanated

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As far as

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Up to

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Appear again

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Re-emerge

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Fellow beneficiary

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Coheir

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Confrontation

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Showdown

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Trade surge

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Boom

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Gobble

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Guzzle

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Plague

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Bedevil

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Over the moon

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Euphoric

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Impose (tax)

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Levy

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Naval obstruction

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Blockade

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Worthless trinket

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Bauble

125
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Melt away

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Vaporise

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Rural municipality

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Shire

127
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Lights out

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Bedtime

128
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Pressure line on map

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Isobar

129
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Standard of perfection

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Ideal

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Diligent pupil

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Swot

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Passion

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Ardour

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Occurring in springtime

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Vernal

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Love affair

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Amour

134
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Clerical residence

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Manse

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Official distributing wages

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Paymaster

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Type of hat

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Pork pie

137
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Former portion of Ethiopia

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Eritrea

138
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Musically in a flustered manner

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Agitato

139
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Criticise severely

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Pan

140
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Twill-weaved worsted fabric

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Gaberdine

141
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Lawful

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Licit

142
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Think about beforehand

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Premeditated

143
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Niche

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Recess

144
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Gusto

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Relish

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Propriety

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Decorum

146
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Break in and rob

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Burgle

147
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Detained in conversation

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Buttonholed

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Muscle

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Thew

149
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Meat jelly

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Aspic

150
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Make lace

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Tat

151
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Small amount

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Tad

152
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Centre

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Nucleus

153
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Portuguese islands off the Moroccan coast

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Madeira

154
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Show excessive love

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Dote

155
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Having coloured markings

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Pied

156
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Antonym of ‘unconventional’

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Orthodox

157
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Name shared by an Asian plant and the spicy condiment made from same

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Wasabi

158
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One excluded from society

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Outcast

159
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Curving inwards

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Concave

160
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Tide with little range between high and low water levels

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Neap

161
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Series of numbers in which each is in the same ratio as the one before it, … progression

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Geometric

162
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Unsteady, as if about to all

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Tottery

163
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Extremely cruel

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Barbaric

164
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Annual Melbourne festival

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Moomba

165
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Former long-standing Indonesian president

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Suharto

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Cap’s peak

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Visor

167
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Seven year period

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Septenary

168
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Early impressionist painter, Pierre …

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Renoir

169
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Having an exciting ending

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Climactic

170
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Subsection of text

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Paragraph

171
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One inexperienced at something

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Tyro

172
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Highly seasoned Mexican dish

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Tamale

173
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Luxurious

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Lush

174
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Volcano on Antarctica’s Ross Island, Mount …

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Erebus

175
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Luxurious country residence

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Villa

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Indolent person

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Idler

177
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Jetty built to control erosion

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Groyne

178
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Rapidly

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Apace

179
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Eland, eg.

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Antelope

180
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Domelike structure on roof

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Cupola

181
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Level of electrical resistance

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Ohmage

182
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Reef Casino city

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Cairns

183
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Has wavy motion

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Undulates

184
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Insurgents

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Rebels

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Osculate

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Kiss

186
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Menace

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Threat

187
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Pollute

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Defile

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Egg white

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Albumen

189
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Now Papua

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Irian Jaya

190
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Type of lock

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Yale

191
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Muslim woman’s veil

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Yashmak

192
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Citrus layer

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Pith

193
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Leguminous fodder plant

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Clover

194
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NE Indian state

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Assam

195
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Sponsor

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Patron

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Jack

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Knave

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Outlet from a water main

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Hydrant

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Island of PNG

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Manus

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