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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
5. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
10. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
13. Channel into a new direction.
14. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
15. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
16. Soft creamy white cheese.
17. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. Unable to relax or be still.
31. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
40. Before noon.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
64. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
65. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
66. Take in solid food.
67. A genus of Ploceidae.
68. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
3. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
4. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
5. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. A deep bow.
8. Again but in a new or different way.
9. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
10. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
11. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
12. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
21. A small portable timepiece.
23. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
29. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
30. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
32. Being one more than one hundred.
33. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Indigo bush.
49. Full of trivial conversation.
51. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
52. God of love and erotic desire.
53. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
55. Not widely known.
56. A notice of someone's death.
57. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
59. Cut off from a whole.
60. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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