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1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
15. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A region and ancient country in the east of the Balkan Peninsula north of the Aegean Sea.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
25. Offering fun and gaiety.
26. A Russian river.
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
30. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
44. A city and port in northern Jutland.
46. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
48. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
53. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
55. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
59. The sound made by corvine birds.
62. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
63. (informal) Of the highest quality.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
66. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
67. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
4. A musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. The Judeo-Christian God.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
9. Of or relating to or involving an area.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. A decree that prohibits something.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Very dark black.
32. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
33. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Speaking a Slavic language.
41. Wet with dew.
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
44. The Judeo-Christian God.
45. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
47. An enclosed space.
50. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
52. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. A small nail.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
58. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. A shape that sags.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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