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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. The quantity contained in a keg.
14. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A large fleet.
22. The face or front of a building.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
28. An honorary degree in science.
30. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
31. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
39. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
48. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
50. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
53. City in eastern Belgium.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. In bed.
60. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
65. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
67. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
68. The seed of the cereal grass.
69. Have in mind as a purpose.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
2. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
6. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
9. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
17. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
21. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
23. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
26. 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.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. A fraudulent business scheme.
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
33. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. Divulge information or secrets.
40. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
41. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. Resembling a berry.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
55. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
57. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
62. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
66. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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