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1. The capital of Western Samoa.
5. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
14. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
18. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
19. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
20. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
21. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
23. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
25. To run away.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
35. Range of what one can know or understand.
37. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
38. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
39. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
46. Place in a grave or tomb.
49. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. A radioactive transuranic element.
55. Designed for use on a desk or table n 1.
59. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
63. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
64. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
67. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
68. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
69. The capital of Bahrain.
70. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. A French abbot.
2. British politician (1788-1850).
3. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
4. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
5. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A fraudulent business scheme.
12. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. A country person.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
26. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
28. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
30. The cry made by sheep.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
40. A daughter of your brother or sister.
41. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
48. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
49. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
53. South African term for `boss'.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
57. Toward the mouth or oral region.
58. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
60. Minor or subordinate.
61. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
62. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
65. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
66. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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