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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
13. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
14. A port city in southwestern Iran.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Organized opposition to authority.
18. Being one more than two.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A Mid-Atlantic state.
22. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
24. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
30. (Welsh) A warrior god.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
44. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
47. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
56. The sound of laughing.
59. Common Indian weaverbird.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
63. The content of cognition.
64. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
67. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
68. The basic unit of money in Albania.
69. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
70. Of or being the lowest female voice.
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1. Cause to be embarrassed.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
4. The month following February and preceding April.
5. In bed.
6. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
7. A rapid bustling commotion.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
10. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
11. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
32. Fallow deer.
34. How long something has existed.
35. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
43. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
44. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. Any plant of the genus Erica.
51. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
53. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
56. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
57. Informal terms for money.
58. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
60. Noisy talk.
62. One or some or every or all without specification.
65. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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