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1. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
10. Inquire about.
13. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
14. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
24. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
28. Person who does no work.
31. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
39. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. The cry made by sheep.
44. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
45. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
49. Offering little or no hope.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. The capital of Bahrain.
56. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
59. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
64. Singing jazz.
65. A thrusting blow with a knife.
66. The first light of day.
67. Causing a dull and steady pain.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
6. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. Type genus of the Caviidae.
9. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
21. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
22. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
23. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. 1 species.
29. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
30. Uttering in an irritated tone.
32. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
33. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
34. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. The sacred city of Lamaism.
50. Squash bugs.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
54. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. A French abbot.
57. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
58. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
60. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
61. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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