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1. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
5. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
13. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
14. Take in a sail with a brail.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
20. The third month of the civil year.
22. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
24. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
28. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
30. A domain in which something is dominant.
34. Being one more than one hundred.
37. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. A quantity of no importance.
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. Slightly open.
46. Type genus of the Gavidae.
50. Fallow deer.
54. Black tropical American cuckoo.
55. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. (British) Your grandmother.
60. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
61. A narrow way or road.
62. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
63. The act of swimming.
64. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
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1. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
2. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
3. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
4. City in Sudan.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
6. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
9. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
10. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
17. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
21. Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative.
27. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A boy or man.
33. A master's degree in business.
35. A board with the alphabet on it.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
39. City in Sudan.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
48. Complacently or inanely foolish.
49. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
53. Denuded of leaves.
56. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
57. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
58. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
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