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1. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. Inquire about.
13. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
14. Type genus of the Aphididae.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
18. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
21. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
23. The highest level or degree attainable.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
30. A Spanish river.
34. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
39. The small projection of a mammary gland.
41. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
43. Take in, also metaphorically.
46. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
48. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses.
54. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. One thousandth of a second.
63. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. Offering fun and gaiety.
68. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
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1. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
2. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
3. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
4. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
5. An informal term for a father.
6. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
7. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
24. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
25. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
28. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Divulge information or secrets.
32. Type genus of the Ranidae.
33. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. A Mexican City just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula.
44. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. An insane person.
51. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
55. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
56. A beautiful and graceful girl.
57. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
59. A flexible container with a single opening.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
61. A master's degree in business.
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