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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. An accidental happening.
16. The quality of being alien.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. Capable of or engaged in flight.
20. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. A growth in strength or number or importance.
26. Toward the mouth or oral region.
30. Discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation.
34. An Asian river between China and Russia.
37. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. The cry made by sheep.
44. In bed.
48. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
49. American novelist (1909-1955).
51. Held in slavery.
55. Heal or recover.
56. Of or relating to near the ear.
57. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
60. A soft silvery metallic element.
62. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
66. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
68. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
70. A boy or man.
71. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
72. Having been flattened.
74. A master's degree in fine arts.
75. Not in action or at work.
76. Being connected or associated.
77. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
5. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
6. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
7. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
8. Located inward.
9. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
13. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
14. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
21. (used in combination or as a suffix) Able to withstand.
23. English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924).
27. The residue that remains when something is burned.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
32. Prolific Flemish baroque painter.
33. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
35. Not fed.
36. Free from risk or danger.
38. Lower in esteem.
39. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
40. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
42. In a wise manner.
45. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
46. Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction.
47. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
50. The radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid).
52. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
53. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
54. Having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
61. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
67. The month following March and preceding May.
69. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
73. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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