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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. Belonging to some prior time.
17. Little known Kamarupan languages.
18. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
20. A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.
21. A university in Connecticut.
22. Legally valid.
25. Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof.
26. A river in southeastern France.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
34. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
36. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
38. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
40. Covered with a roof.
41. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
42. Middle-distance iron.
44. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
47. Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees.
50. Of or like a cecum.
52. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
53. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
55. United States writer (1871-1900).
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
58. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
60. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
67. Greek god of light.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
71. Not subject to death.
73. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
74. A bachelor's degree in theology.
75. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
76. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
2. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
3. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
4. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland.
5. Not out.
6. A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians.
7. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
8. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
9. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
10. (Irish) The sea personified.
11. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
12. Lower in esteem.
13. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
23. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
24. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
27. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
31. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
32. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
33. Having or denoting a high range.
35. Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).
37. Included seven times in every 19 years.
39. Type genus of the Phocidae.
43. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
45. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
48. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
49. 1 species.
51. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
54. An island in the south Pacific.
57. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
62. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
63. A three-tone Chadic language.
64. A large indefinite number.
65. A slender double-reed instrument.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. An argument opposed to a proposal.
72. A form of address for a man.
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