ZIONA CHANA FROM INDIA IS KNOWN AS THE HEAD OF THE LARGEST FAMILY IN THE WORLD

(syn.) To split: FORK
A cereal grain first domesticated in southern Mexico: MAIZE
(syn.) Snoopy: MEDDLESOME
__ and kin; (syn.) friends and relatives: KITH
Stinking __; (syn.) fabulously wealthy: RICH
Antonym of unison: DISHARMONY
A universal solvent sought in alchemy: AZOTH
__ out a claim; (syn.) Assert one’s right to something: STAKE
(syn.) Desolation: FORLORNNESS
A person employed to collect information outside an office: LEGMEN
Antonym of foolhardily: WISELY
The delusion that one is great or powerful: MEGALOMANIA
(syn.) Caprice: WHIMSY
A person whose job is to feed horses and clean stalls: OSTLER
(syn.) Outrage: INDIGNATION

THE IMMORTAL SEA CREATURE REVERTS BACK INTO A JUVENILE STATE AFTER ADULTHOOD — SO IT CAN LIVE OUT YET ANOTHER LIFE

An ancient six-stringed instrument: VIOL
(syn.) Casing: HULL
Breaking news: REVELATION
Mineral crushed to a state of weightless powder: TALC
To hit a __ wall; (syn.) not to be able to make progress: BRICK
Secret password: SHIBBOLETH
__ like a rose; to end as a winner: SMELL
Сommon annual legume of the pea family: VETCH
__ breeds contempt: FAMILIARITY
How do you tie your shoelaces? I prefer the __-ears method: BUNNY
Bad shearer never had good __: SICKLE
The deal amount is not final, so you can make a __: COUNTEROFFER
The quantity contained in a cylindrical glass vessel: JARFUL
He gives twice who gives in a __: TRICE
Case handling: ADJUDICATION

SNOWFALL IN A HOT DESERT MAY SEEM A CONTRADICTION, BUT SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE SAHARA DESERT

To open wide: YAWN
To __ over; (syn.) to become covered with drops of fluid: MIST
(syn.) Sign: INDICATION
Antonym of matter-of-course: COVERT
(syn.) Fragments: SHARDS
(syn.) Request form: SUBMISSION
Antonym of lily-livered: HEROIC
Antonym of lamblike: OVERLY
(syn.) To hallow: ANOINT
The noble families were willing to __ with ruling dynasties: INTERMARRY
Antonym of loveless: AMATIVE
(syn.) Adage: DICTUM
Antonym of vassal: FEUDAL
Works aimed at soil improvement: MELIORATION

A MAN IN INDIA CLAIMED TO HAVE LIVED WITHOUT EATING OR DRINKING FOR SEVENTY YEARS

Quick as a __: WINK
(syn.) Streak: HANK
Its prolonged radiation exposure affects bone tissue: STRONTIUM
(syn.) Hood: COWL
Containing substance produced by glands of some animals: MUSKY
Speaking instead of singing: RECITATIVE
To make a display of: VAUNT
The cry of a horse: NEIGH
Antonym of lawlessness: LEGITIMACY
A compact app performing its specified functions: WIDGET
Long-flowering plant of the Asteraceae family: DAHLIA
(syn.) Periphrastic: ALLEGORICAL
Gross law violation: FELONY
A lottery that always has a winner: RAFFLE
To put into effect: EFFECTUATE

A 22-MONTH-OLD BOY WHO HAD FALLEN INTO AN ICY STREAM WAS RESUSCITATED AFTER 101 MINUTES OF CONTINUOUS CPR

At the break of __; very early: DAWN
To find oneself in the __; (syn.) to get into trouble: MIRE
A noisy and overexcited reaction: HULLABALOO
The leading or windward edge of a sail: LUFF
A __ standing on the shoulders of giants: DWARF
Freedom from bias: DISPASSION
To make __ music; to chat idly: CHIN
A substance that causes fermentation: BARM
Deprivation of property rights for overdue debts: FORECLOSURE
(syn.) Aculeate: SPINY
Ensemble that consist solely of singers: CHOIR
Aminoglycoside antibiotic: STREPTOMYCIN
To know one’s __; (syn.) to be a competent specialist: STUFF
The lower part of the auricle: EARLAP
(syn.) Persistent: INERADICABLE

BOBBIE THE WONDER DOG WAS A DOG WHO COVERED 2,551 MILES (4,105 KM) ON HIS OWN TO RETURN HOME

__ for 15 minutes until the bread is golden brown: BAKE
To treat someone very badly: DIRT
(syn.) Vague, shadowy: WRAITHLIKE
(syn.) Desire: ITCH
A nocturnal forest bird: OWLET
Antonym of braveheart: VACILLATOR
Jewelry and decorative-applied type of quartz: AGATE
The apple does not fall far from the __: TRUNK
Conscious information processing: ELABORATION
A bivalve shell: MUSSEL
An authoritative request: BEHEST
A collector of iron money: NUMISMATIST
Snake in the grass: DECEIVER
Bags or pads with dried aromatic herbs: SACHET
To deprive of liberty: DETAINMENT

DESERTS ARE NOT DEFINED BY THEIR TEMPERATURES, BUT BY THEIR LACK OF PRECIPITATION

Maneuver that helps you gain advantage: PLOY
To annoy (syn.): MIFF
__ companies buy goods at the cheapest prices: MERCANTILE
The team can lose because it lacks the strength in __: DEPTH
Who sells stockings?: HOSIER
__ elements of that time were lords, vassals and fiefs: FEUDALISTIC
Antonym of baggy: SLINKY
He found a __ of gold: POTFUL
They completed the difficult tasks __: LABORIOUSLY
I have neither a place nor a right of __ elsewhere: ABODE
She wanted to __ him with all the care and love: ENFOLD
Brazier (syn.): COPPERSMITH
Only the toughest players pass __ in the competition: MUSTER
Bright, shiny (syn.): SPARKLY
What is extreme generosity called?: PHILANTHROPY

PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH SIDE OF THE COIN FACES THE SKY WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE

Antonym of a friend: FOE
Bird that cannot fly: EMU
Paganism (syn.): HEATHENDOM
The happy news made them look __: PERKY
Holy man: FAKIR
Make a __ plan to take over the family business: SUCCESSION
They were scared with their __ eyes open wide: MOONY
A candle in a silver wall __ lit up a small room: SCONCE
For example, suspension and anticipated bass: SYNCOPATION
Peacocks __ their body feathers: PREEN
__ and blues: RHYTHM
Like cures like: HOMEOPATHY
Who looks after the cattle?: COWMAN
__ on the guitar makes access to the upper frets easier: CUTAWAY
Opposite of resistance: CONDUCTANCE

CHAMELEONS CHANGE COLORS NOT TO CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES, BUT TO REGULATE THEIR TEMPERATURES OR COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CHAMELEONS

Her parents picked up the __ for college: TAB
All the students recited the Pledge of __: ALLEGIANCE
Who lacks confidence and is a coward?: WIMP
Fine (syn.): BRAW
Crouzon syndrome results in lower jaw __: PROTRUSION
What creature lives in house dust?: MITE
Can I turn on the TV? – “Be my __”: GUEST
__ for a Democratic South Africa; Geneva __: CONVENTION
This coat has trendy __ sleeves: RAGLAN
Try this Lancashire __ with lamb and vegetables: HOTPOT
Foreteller (syn.): VATICINATOR
__ health, __ arithmetic: MENTAL
After the __, this Jewish family decided to leave: POGROM
What’s in between your elbow and wrist?: FOREARM
A preceding part of the text: HEREINBEFORE

TOADS THEMSELVES HAVE WART-LIKE BUMPS ON THEIR SKIN, BUT THEY DON’T SECRETE ANYTHING THAT CAN CAUSE WARTS

Fake hair: WIG
For example, wakame or kombu: KELP
Potty (syn.): CHAMBERPOT
She held his hand firmly like a __: VISE
To slide (syn.): SLIP
__ is a shorebird that nests only in the High Arctic: SANDERLING
Everyone calls him Mister __-It-All: KNOW
Poisonous __ can paralyze humans with tetrodotoxin: NEWTS
Unintelligible (syn.): INCOHERENT
The board makes millions from the shares __: BUYOUT
She got the Blue __ for winning the event: RIBAND
Who thinks their nationality is the best?: CHAUVINIST
Mass media is trying to __ up all the past details: DREDGE
Encroacher (syn,): CAPTOR
What surgical procedure lets one breathe?: TRACHEOTOMY