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1. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
4. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
9. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
14. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
15. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
16. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
18. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
19. An onerous or difficult concern.
20. American novelist (1909-1955).
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
25. A master's degree in business.
26. A person who practices masturbation.
28. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
42. Wood of a sumac.
44. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
48. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
51. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
56. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
60. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
61. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
62. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
64. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
65. Bright and pleasant.
66. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
67. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
4. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. The quality of being fraudulent.
7. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
9. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
11. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970).
12. Serving as or forming a base.
17. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
21. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
29. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
30. Fail to do something.
31. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
43. Any unwholesome or desperate condition.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. Very dark black.
54. A quantity of no importance.
57. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
58. A sharp change in direction.
59. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
63. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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