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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. Of or like a cecum.
10. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
13. Fiddler crabs.
14. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
18. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
20. Capital of modern Macedonia.
21. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
22. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. In bed.
27. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
30. Lustrous gray.
34. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
36. Tropical Asian starlings.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
40. Late time of life.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
54. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
56. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
57. A small hard fruit.
58. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
60. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
61. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
62. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
63. Any of various small biting flies.
64. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms.
2. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
3. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. Any taillike structure.
8. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
9. Light in a transparent protective case.
10. Shout loudly and without restraint.
11. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
12. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
17. Mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior.
19. Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
24. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
26. English monk and scholar (672-735).
28. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
29. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
31. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
32. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
33. A branch of the Tai languages.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. March out (as from a defile) into open ground.
39. Any taillike structure.
42. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
44. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
45. Jordan's port.
46. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
48. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
49. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
50. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
51. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Chief port of Yemen.
55. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
59. A state in midwestern United States.
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