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1. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick.
5. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. A period of time spent sleeping.
13. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
14. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
18. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Being ten more than thirty.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
37. A male servant (especially a footman).
40. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. Material used to daub walls.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
59. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
64. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
65. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
66. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. Further or added.
70. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
4. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
7. Before noon.
8. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. A quantity of no importance.
11. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
12. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. Any taillike structure.
29. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
31. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
32. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
35. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
36. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
38. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
39. A soft silvery metallic element.
42. A resource.
43. A strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. God of wealth and love.
52. A drama set to music.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
56. In bed.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
58. A small conspicuous constellation the the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
63. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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