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1. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
9. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
13. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
14. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
15. Largest known toad species.
16. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
17. An athlete who plays basketball.
18. A sharply directional antenna.
19. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
21. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
23. 1 species.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
28. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
38. Any of various units of capacity.
40. Jordan's port.
42. Being nine more than ninety.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. Lower in esteem.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Noisy talk.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. The bill in a restaurant.
57. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
60. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
63. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
64. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
65. Cause to be attached.
68. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. COmmon Business Oriented Language.
2. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
3. The brightest star in Cygnus.
4. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Being on the left side.
7. How long something has existed.
8. The event of something burning (often destructive).
9. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
10. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
11. Tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood.
12. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
20. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
22. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
29. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
30. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
31. Belonging to some prior time.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Divulge information or secrets.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Common Indian weaverbird.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
49. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
58. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
59. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
61. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
62. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
66. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
67. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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