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1. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
5. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
10. A light touch or stroke.
13. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
14. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A condition requiring relief.
17. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
21. Concluding state of pregnancy.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
25. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
26. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. The capital of Bahrain.
34. Being or given to servile imitation.
38. Wearing or provided with clothing.
39. A three-tone Chadic language.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The act of scanning.
44. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A state in northwestern North America.
49. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
54. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. Obvious and dull.
63. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
64. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
65. 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.
67. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
68. An informal term for a father.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
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1. An unofficial association of people or groups.
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. One thousandth of a second.
4. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. English Romantic poet (1795-1821).
8. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
9. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. God of fire.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. Not only so, but.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
27. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. A genus of Mustelidae.
31. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. The capital of Western Samoa.
37. Common black European thrush.
41. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
56. A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another.
57. The back side of the neck.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
62. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
63. Before noon.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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