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1. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
13. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
14. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).
15. Late time of life.
16. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
18. Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning.
20. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
21. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
22. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
24. A doctor's degree in education.
27. Filled with fear or apprehension.
29. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Characteristic of false pride.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. A licensed medical practitioner.
52. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
56. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
58. The 4th planet from the sun.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
63. The amount that a tub will hold.
65. The site of an archeological exploration.
66. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
67. Marked by skill in deception.
68. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube.
2. Jordan's port.
3. Assign a new order to.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
7. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
8. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
9. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
10. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
11. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
12. Person who does no work.
17. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
31. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
32. Black tropical American cuckoo.
34. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
35. The cry made by sheep.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. With rapid movements.
44. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
51. (British slang) Cafe.
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. Anything that serves as an enticement.
55. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
57. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
59. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
60. Marked by skill in deception.
64. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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