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1. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
4. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
10. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
13. The capital and largest city of Japan.
14. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
15. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
16. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
18. Affected manners intended to impress others.
19. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
20. Old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat.
22. A tight-fitting garment that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles).
24. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
30. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
47. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
49. A large fleet.
51. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
55. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
58. Unknown god.
59. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
63. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. The cry made by sheep.
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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. A desert in central Asia.
4. Having a gradual increase in width.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
7. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
8. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
9. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
10. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
11. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
12. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
33. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
34. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
35. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An unforeseen obstacle.
40. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
45. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
46. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
48. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
49. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
50. The capital of Western Samoa.
52. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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