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1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
14. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
15. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
16. Pay too much.
18. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
20. An informal term for a father.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
23. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. Challenge the honesty or credibility of.
42. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
45. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
46. Serving as or forming a base.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
51. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
55. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
58. Any system of principles or beliefs.
59. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
60. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
64. A master's degree in business.
65. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
67. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
68. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
69. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A compact mass.
2. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
3. Colored or impregnated with dye.
4. (British) Sleep.
5. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
6. Lacking self-confidence.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
17. Any competition.
19. By bad luck.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. Not only so, but.
27. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
28. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The sound made by corvine birds.
33. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
37. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
40. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
44. Dearly loved.
48. Russian country house.
49. A theatrical performer.
52. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
56. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
57. An awkward stupid person.
61. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
62. (British) Your grandmother.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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