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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A lion-headed goddess.
10. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
13. The longest division of geological time.
14. Feeling nausea.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
18. Outer bark of the cork oak.
19. God of the earth.
20. Challenge the honesty or credibility of.
22. Any plant of the genus Erica.
24. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
29. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
34. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
36. An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
53. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
57. (Lebanese) A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
60. Jordan's port.
61. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. A town in central Belgium.
65. A decree that prohibits something.
66. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
67. Type genus of the Rhyniaceae.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
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1. (prefix) Half or partial.
2. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
3. Hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
4. Short and fat.
5. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
7. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
8. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
9. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
10. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
17. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.
21. A radioactive transuranic element.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. Type genus of the family Cypraeidae.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A worthless lazy fellow.
31. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. Late time of life.
33. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
35. A light touch or stroke.
37. Singing jazz.
40. The cry made by sheep.
42. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
46. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
48. Occurring or done each day.
50. Jordan's port.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
59. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
63. In operation or operational.
64. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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