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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Regional and archaic.
10. Of southern Europe.
13. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
14. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
15. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
16. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
17. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
19. (anatomy) Of or relating to the fauces.
21. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
22. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
25. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
27. Divulge information or secrets.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
33. In bed.
39. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
41. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A state in north central United States.
44. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
45. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
52. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
55. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
56. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
59. A light touch or stroke.
64. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
65. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
66. Using speech rather than writing.
67. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
68. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. A city in northern India.
3. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
4. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
5. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
6. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Follower of Rastafarianism.
9. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
11. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
12. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
18. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
28. (Welsh) A warrior god.
32. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
34. Related to or located at the back.
35. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
36. 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.
37. An accountant certified by the state.
38. Extremely pleasing.
40. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. A native-born Israeli.
50. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
51. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
53. Having made preparations.
54. Loose or flaccid body fat.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
60. Any of various units of capacity.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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