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1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
4. Very sad.
10. Considerate and solicitous care.
13. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
14. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
15. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
16. A large quantity of written matter.
18. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
19. (of language) Transparently clear.
21. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
22. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
24. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Type genus of the Amiidae.
32. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
36. American dwarf fan palms.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
41. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
42. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
59. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
62. A city in the European part of Russia.
63. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
65. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
66. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
67. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Leave immediately.
2. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
3. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
4. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
5. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
6. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
7. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
8. That is to say.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
11. Being seven more than fifty.
12. The closing section of a musical composition.
17. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
23. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
25. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
30. Little known Kamarupan languages.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Take in solid food.
34. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
38. Seed of a pea plant.
39. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
44. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
45. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
47. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
51. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. The content of cognition.
54. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
55. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
56. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
60. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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