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1. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
5. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
10. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A branch of the Tai languages.
17. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
19. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
21. Avatar of Vishnu.
22. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
25. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
35. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
38. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
41. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
45. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
48. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
49. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
51. 1 species.
55. (Babylonian) The sky god.
56. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
59. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton.
63. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. Lacking excess flesh.
4. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
5. A woman of refinement.
6. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
7. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
9. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
12. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
18. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. The highest level or degree attainable.
24. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
34. The sound made by a gentle blow.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
37. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
42. The basic unit of money in Finland.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
46. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
47. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
50. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
51. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
52. (Welsh) A warrior god.
53. Advanced in years.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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