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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Relating to or near the radius.
10. The seventh and last day of the week.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
15. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
16. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
17. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
18. The month following July and preceding September.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
24. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
26. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
30. The airforce of Great Britain.
31. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
35. A branch of the Tai languages.
36. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
37. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
39. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
40. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. Closed with a lace.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
53. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
56. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
57. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
66. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
67. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
7. The basic unit of money in Peru.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
12. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
20. Causing a dull and steady pain.
23. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
25. A contorted facial expression.
28. Dance the slam dance.
29. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
32. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
33. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
34. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
41. (Welsh) A warrior god.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. The cry made by sheep.
47. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
48. Occurring or done each day.
50. Type genus of the Bramidae.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
54. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
63. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
64. A New England state.
65. A Russian river.
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