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1. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
9. An inhabitant of Lappland.
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
15. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
18. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
21. A branch of the Tai languages.
23. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. A formal expression of praise.
26. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
32. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
33. An informal term for a father.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A light touch or stroke.
42. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Armor plate that protects the chest.
47. A state in northwestern North America.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. An Asian river between China and Russia.
59. Made warm or hot.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
64. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
65. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
66. Absent without permission.
67. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. A grant made by a law court.
69. Common Indian weaverbird.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Type genus of the Sulidae.
3. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
4. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
5. A rapid bustling commotion.
6. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
7. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
8. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
9. A three-year law degree.
10. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
11. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
12. Appeal or request earnestly.
20. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
25. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
38. Before noon.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
41. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. French composer (1818-1893).
48. The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
52. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
53. A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).
54. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
56. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
58. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
61. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
62. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
63. Extremely pleasing.
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