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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Genus of tropical American timber trees.
17. Either extremity of something that has length.
18. A native of ancient Troy.
20. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
21. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
22. A large fleet.
23. Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots.
25. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
26. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) Troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
41. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
43. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
49. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
51. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
52. English philologist (1835-1912).
55. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
58. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
60. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
65. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
67. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
68. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
69. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
72. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
73. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
74. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
4. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
5. Any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods.
6. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
7. Not ever.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. 100 satangs equal 1 baht.
12. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
13. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
14. In the Roman calendar.
19. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro).
24. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
28. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
29. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
30. Beside one another in a row or rank.
31. A drama set to music.
32. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
33. Disturb the smoothness of.
36. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
38. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
39. The force of workers available.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
45. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
47. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
48. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
50. A Greek island west of Greece.
53. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood.
54. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
56. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
57. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
59. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
61. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
62. A city of central China.
63. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
64. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
66. Liquid excretory product.
70. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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