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1. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
4. Strong and sharp.
9. A large number or amount.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
15. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
18. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
19. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
21. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
34. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
44. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
46. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716).
53. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
57. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
58. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
61. The act of using.
64. 30 to 300 megahertz.
65. A doctor's degree in education.
66. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
67. Take in solid food.
68. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
3. Perversely irritable.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
8. British slang.
9. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
12. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
20. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
26. A master's degree in business.
28. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Flat tableland with steep edges.
33. One of the common people.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
43. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
45. A French abbot.
47. Having help.
50. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
51. The eighth month of the civil year.
52. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
54. A person who possesses great material wealth.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
59. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
63. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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