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1. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
4. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
9. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
15. Showily imitative of art or artists.
16. In the Roman calendar.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. Heal or recover.
20. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
22. Type genus of the Anatidae.
23. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
26. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
27. A quantity of no importance.
31. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
43. A Russian river.
45. (Welsh) A warrior god.
48. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
50. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
60. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
61. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
62. A Loloish language.
63. (Babylonian) The sky god.
64. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
65. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Of time long past.
3. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. A port city in southwestern Iran.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Having leadership guidance.
9. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. A thrusting blow with a knife.
12. Type genus of the Hylidae.
17. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A telegram sent abroad.
28. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
29. English essayist (1775-1834).
30. A beckoning gesture.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
35. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
37. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
38. Any of the chemical elements fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine.
44. English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824).
46. Type genus of the Upupidae.
47. A city in north-central India.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
55. Made of fir or pine.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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