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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
11. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
15. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
17. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
19. Occurring in or appropriate to the season of autumn.
20. Flat and uninspiring.
21. Jordan's port.
23. Of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings.
25. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
27. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
28. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Claim back.
38. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral).
46. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
48. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
49. An ester of carbamic acid.
51. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
52. (informal) Roused to anger.
58. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
60. Used of persons.
65. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
69. An African river.
71. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
72. (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.
73. Of or relating to the enteron.
74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Jordan's port.
5. An accountant certified by the state.
6. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
7. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
8. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
9. The capital of Eritrea.
10. A person who eats human flesh.
11. Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession).
12. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
24. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
29. Go into retirement.
30. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
32. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
33. A nation in northern North America.
34. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
36. Goods or money obtained illegally.
37. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
39. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
40. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia.
43. In bed.
45. A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
47. A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II.
50. A colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body.
53. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
54. An loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles.
55. Excessively fat.
56. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
57. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
59. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
61. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
62. A quantity of no importance.
63. Very dark black.
64. An informal term for a father.
66. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
70. An associate degree in nursing.
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