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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
15. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
16. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
17. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
18. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. Not agitated.
35. Squash bugs.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. God of the earth.
40. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
41. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
43. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Given to avoiding association with others.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. A native-born Israeli.
57. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
60. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
61. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. A doctor's degree in education.
66. Offering little or no hope.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A city in northern India.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
8. A person who makes use of a thing.
9. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
10. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
11. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
20. South African term for `boss'.
22. An enclosed space.
23. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
25. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
28. Type genus of the Anatidae.
30. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
34. A master's degree in business.
36. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
38. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
42. A small piece of cloth.
44. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
45. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
46. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. An unofficial association of people or groups.
55. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. An informal term for a father.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
60. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
62. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
63. A state in northwestern North America.
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