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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Having two feet.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
14. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
15. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
16. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
18. Go on board.
20. At full speed.
21. Being nine more than ninety.
22. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
23. Of or relating to the heart.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
38. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
42. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
47. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
54. Greek mythology.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
63. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. In or of the month preceding the present one.
65. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
66. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
67. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast.
5. That is to say.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
9. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
10. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
11. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
17. Dwell (archaic).
19. Cause to go crazy.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
28. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
29. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
30. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
32. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
37. Jordan's port.
39. A quantity of no importance.
40. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Squash bugs.
51. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
52. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
53. An inlaid furniture decoration.
55. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
56. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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