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1. A proportion multiplied by 100.
4. Be on one's guard.
10. Extremely pleasing.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
15. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
18. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
20. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
24. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
28. In bed.
31. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
36. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
39. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
40. A doctor's degree in theology.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A city and port in northern Jutland.
45. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
47. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
48. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. The dead body of a human being.
61. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
66. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
67. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
68. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
69. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
3. Great in vertical dimension.
4. God of wealth and love.
5. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
6. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
9. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
10. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
11. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Moving quickly and lightly.
29. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
34. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
35. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
37. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
38. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
46. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
49. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
51. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. A city in northern India.
56. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
57. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
59. British informal term.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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