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1. A victory (as in a race or other competition).
4. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
10. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
16. A light touch or stroke.
17. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
19. Short and fat.
21. A bachelor's degree in religion.
23. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
29. (Greek mythology) The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. The father of your father or mother.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A doctor's degree in education.
40. Before noon.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. A state in northwestern North America.
49. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
51. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
53. Old World woody vines.
57. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
59. Filled with fear or apprehension.
60. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
64. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
65. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
4. Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
7. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
8. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
9. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
10. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
11. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
12. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
18. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
20. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A state in New England.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. A quantity of no importance.
35. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. God of death.
43. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
44. A blind god.
46. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
52. Slightly open.
54. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
55. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
62. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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