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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
13. Make or shape as with an axe.
14. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
18. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
20. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
22. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
24. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
26. Take in solid food.
27. A European river.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Covered with a firm surface.
36. Let or forced out of the lungs.
39. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
40. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
44. A state in New England.
45. Flavored with sour orange peel.
47. Unknown god.
49. A doctor's degree in religion.
50. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
52. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
54. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
57. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
59. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. 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.
66. The airforce of Great Britain.
69. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
70. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
71. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
2. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
3. A large and hurried swallow.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Cut off from a whole.
7. Be earlier in time.
8. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
9. Small and light boat.
10. Of or relating to a coast.
11. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
12. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
17. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
21. A castrated tomcat.
23. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
29. At any time.
32. A circular segment of a curve.
33. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
35. Russian country house.
37. Being ten more than eighty.
38. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
41. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
42. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. Little known Kamarupan languages.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. (British slang) Cafe.
58. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
61. God of love and erotic desire.
63. The cry made by sheep.
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
68. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
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