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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
5. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
10. A light touch or stroke.
13. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
14. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A river in southeastern France.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
20. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
21. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
23. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
37. Largest known toad species.
40. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
41. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
42. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
46. The act of scanning.
48. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Transient cessation of respiration.
57. Jordan's port.
59. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
64. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
65. Jordan's port.
66. A quantity of no importance.
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1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
2. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
3. Report or maintain.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A son who has the same first name as his father.
6. The month following July and preceding September.
7. A noisy fight.
8. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
9. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
10. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
24. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
27. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
29. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
30. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
31. A Loloish language.
34. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
36. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
38. Not possessing qualities befitting a man.
39. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
43. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
44. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. In bed.
53. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
58. Range of what one can know or understand.
61. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
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