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1. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
4. Summer cypress.
10. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
13. A master's degree in education.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
15. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
16. A master's degree in library science.
18. A column of light (as from a beacon).
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. The square of a body of any size of type.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Divulge information or secrets.
30. A bitter quarrel between two parties.
34. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
35. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
38. Of or in or relating to the nose.
41. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
43. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
57. (archaic) A fitting reward.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
62. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
63. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
65. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
66. Of southern Europe.
67. A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor).
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
2. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
3. Not in action or at work.
4. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
7. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
10. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
11. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
12. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
22. That is to say.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
27. A Loloish language.
28. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
29. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
31. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
33. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
36. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
37. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
45. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
47. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
48. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
50. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. Type genus of the Anatidae.
55. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
59. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
60. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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