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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397).
10. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
13. A person active in party politics.
14. Basic principles of the cosmos.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
17. Used of men.
19. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
22. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
24. Wearing or provided with clothing.
28. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
32. Makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes.
36. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
37. The face or front of a building.
38. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
43. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. Greek mythology.
58. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
60. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
63. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. In the Roman calendar.
66. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
67. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
68. Free from dirt or impurities.
69. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. With rapid movements.
2. Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.
3. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
4. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. Full of zest or vigor.
7. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
9. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
10. In an idle manner.
11. Framework for holding objects.
12. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
18. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
25. A boy or man.
26. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
30. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
31. A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
39. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
53. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
55. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
56. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
59. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
61. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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