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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
12. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Rude and boorish.
17. Something that remunerates.
18. A member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria.
20. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
24. A person who takes long walks in the country.
26. Wild and menacing.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
32. Type genus of the Elopidae.
36. Left-hand page.
40. American novelist (1909-1955).
44. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
46. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
49. (Greek mythology) God of love.
50. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
55. A large fleet.
58. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
60. English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792).
62. A native of ancient Troy.
66. Disabled in the feet or legs.
67. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
70. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
71. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
72. A port city in southwestern Iran.
73. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
74. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
75. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. Gather, as of as crops.
3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
4. A fast movement (usually in triple time).
5. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
6. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
11. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. The eighth month of the civil year.
19. Having wrinkles.
23. Being nine more than forty.
25. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
27. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
29. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
34. Music composed for dancing the pavane.
35. A genus of Sterninae.
37. Located in or toward the back or rear.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. By bad luck.
41. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
45. A support or foundation.
48. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
51. (Hinduism or Buddhism) A sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation.
52. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
53. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
54. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
56. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
57. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness.
64. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
65. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
69. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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