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1. a rebounding especially at an angle
3. a manuscript book
7. to arrange (something, such as drapery) in sags and droops
9. a Zoroastrian descended from Persian refugees settled principally at Mumbai
12. the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
13. pigtail
14. an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm
16. mind, reason: such as an intelligent purposive principle of the world
19. a free retainer of a lord; holding lands of and performing military service for the king
21. lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
23. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
24. a small sled that is ridden in a supine position and used especially in competition
26. a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings
27. a sharp distinctive flavor; a faint suggestion; a projecting shank to connect with the handle

2. an ornamental staff borne as a symbol of authority before a public official; a spiked club
4. sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated; the most undesirable part
5. a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket
6. Persian
7. a portable often covered chair to carry one person that is borne on poles by two people
8. sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner
9. a plate usually made of precious metal and used to carry the bread at the Eucharist
10. a bundle of twigs for flogging
11. to examine in a minute way : analyze critically; to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts
15. the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop; an elevated often secluded dwelling
17. an ecclesiastical governing or advisory council
18. a handle especially of a sword or dagger
19. like a potato or yam typically cooked as a vegetable or ground into flour
20. the plain or ornamental tag covering the ends of a lace or point
22. having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
25. hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits