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1. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
5. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
11. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
15. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
16. Involving two dimensions.
17. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
18. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
19. A long wooden bench with a back.
20. Make editorial changes (in a text).
21. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
23. The short weak cry of a young bird.
25. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
27. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Top part of an apron.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
40. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
46. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
50. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies.
51. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
52. A woman religious.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
59. The cry made by sheep.
61. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
62. An implement used in the practice of a vocation.
67. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
70. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
71. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
72. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
74. Made warm or hot.
75. A document giving an official instruction or command.
76. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
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1. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
2. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
3. A large zodiacal constellation on the equator.
4. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
5. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
6. A city in northwestern Syria.
7. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
8. Be earlier in time.
9. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
11. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
12. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
13. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
14. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
22. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
24. Copy that is not the original.
26. An associate degree in applied science.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. Any competition.
31. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
32. 1 species.
34. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
35. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
37. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
39. Remove body hair.
41. Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds.
42. A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.
44. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
48. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
50. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
55. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
64. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
66. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
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