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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. A native or inhabitant of Slovakia.
10. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
13. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
14. Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped gray and green and white warty rinds.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
18. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers.
20. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
22. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
24. Affect with wonder.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
30. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
31. 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.
34. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
39. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. By bad luck.
42. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
44. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
46. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. A protective structure resembling a scale.
59. Set down according to a plan.
62. A thrusting blow with a knife.
63. Late time of life.
65. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
66. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
67. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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1. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. The act of damaging something or someone.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
7. 30 to 300 megahertz.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. A festival featuring African-American culture.
10. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
11. A compact mass.
12. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
17. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
19. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
21. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
25. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
29. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
41. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs.
43. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
44. A compact mass.
45. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
47. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
52. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
53. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
54. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
57. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
58. A French abbot.
60. (British) Your grandmother.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
64. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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