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1. An informal term for a father.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
10. An awkward stupid person.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. Obvious and dull.
18. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Jordan's port.
21. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
25. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Material used to daub walls.
35. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. English translator and Protestant martyr.
50. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
54. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
55. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
57. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
59. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
60. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
62. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
63. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
66. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
67. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
7. American novelist (1909-1955).
8. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
9. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
12. An agenda of things to do.
17. The superior of an abbey of monks.
22. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. Extremely pleasing.
28. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
33. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
34. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
42. A city and port in northern Jutland.
43. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
44. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
47. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
48. One skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
49. Suggestive of the supernatural.
50. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
51. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
56. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
58. The basic unit of money on Malta.
61. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
64. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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