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1. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
4. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
10. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
13. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
14. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
19. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
21. The state of being urgent.
23. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
32. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
37. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
41. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
46. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
53. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
57. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. Having the head uncovered.
62. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
63. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
66. (Irish) The sea personified.
67. The cry made by sheep.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. Of or like a feeble old woman.
3. A cloth having a crisscross design.
4. A small bone.
5. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
6. The month following February and preceding April.
7. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
8. The capital of Croatia.
9. A doctor's degree in religion.
10. Dignified manner or conduct.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. (informal) Having or revealing stupidity.
18. Make less visible or unclear.
20. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. South African term for `boss'.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. God of fire.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Singing jazz.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A light touch or stroke.
45. Very dark black.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. English monk and scholar (672-735).
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
52. A small nail.
54. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
55. In bed.
56. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
58. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. 10 grams.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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