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1. clock off

  register one's departure from work
  help develop, help grow
  play fast notes on a wind instrument
  limit in quality or quantity
  leave quickly
  bet more than the previous player
2. incendiary

  a hinged blind for a window
  a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
  one who is absent from school without permission
  a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
  a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
  elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
3. matai

  (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
  new zealand conifer
  unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
  the responsibilities of a citizen
  one who suffers for the sake of principle
  an act of betrayal
4. wrongness

  the hemisphere that includes north and south america
  a gentle blow
  the government of the roman catholic church
  man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
  person of exceptional holiness
  contrary to conscience or morality
5. stairs

  a way of access consisting of a set of steps
  used for writing or printing
  a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  an aimless drawing
  the members of a religious community living together
  measuring sensitivity of hearing
6. beauteousness

  a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
  the trade of a funeral director
  money demanded for the return of a captured person
  any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
  the quality of being good looking and attractive
  stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
7. armor

  french for `worst going'
  medium for communication
  a critical study (as of a writer's work)
  a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
  protective covering made of metal and used in combat
  the formation of new blood vessels
8. foam at the mouth

  move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
  hold or carry in equilibrium
  turn, usually 180 degrees
  be in a state of uncontrolled anger
  cause someone to become aware of something
  free from deception or illusion
9. redaction

  a small locomotive
  a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
  a period count of the population
  the act of putting something in writing
  a staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army
  molding in the form of a ring
10. air sleeve

  an area where many people go for recreation
  the principles and methods of instruction
  the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
  brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
  unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
  truncated cloth cone used to indicate wind direction
11. patriarch

  a morbid fear of night or darkness
  a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
  the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
  an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
  tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk
  a shelter from danger or hardship
12. repeater

  a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
  an inexpensive restaurant
  a machine for cutting
  weighs no more than 130 pounds
  a light shade of blue
  an image of the brain produced by ultrasonography
13. military position

  a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
  a loss of will power
  a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
  an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
  a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
  the state of being noble
14. repugnance

  a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
  unusual darkening of the skin
  a reward for information about a murderer
  intense aversion
  a belly-like body part (as the belly of a muscle)
  assault with intent to rob
15. porter

  left-hand page
  extreme unpalatability
  a partiality for some particular place
  the molding around a door or window
  a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
  a canal for a current of water