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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
10. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Inability to walk.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad.
18. A student who studies excessively.
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
22. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
24. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
37. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
40. A large and densely populated urban area.
43. Baby bed with high sides.
44. Any of various units of capacity.
45. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
47. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
50. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
58. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
62. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
66. The month following February and preceding April.
67. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
68. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
72. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. (British slang) Cafe.
2. A city in northern India.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
11. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
12. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
17. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
21. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
23. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
25. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
29. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
31. A telegram sent abroad.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. A region in central Italy.
42. Not only so, but.
46. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
48. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. Jordan's port.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. Very dark black.
57. By bad luck.
59. Type genus of the Amiidae.
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
61. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
64. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
65. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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