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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. An oil port in southern Iraq.
10. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
14. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
15. How long something has existed.
16. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
18. Cry plaintively.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
20. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
21. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
23. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Standard temperature and pressure.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
35. A native-born Israeli.
38. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
39. Fallow deer.
42. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
43. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
47. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
49. Music performed for dancing the polka.
53. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
56. Occurring during the middle of the week.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
62. A master's degree in business.
63. A bachelor's degree in theology.
64. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
65. Tag the base runner to get him out.
66. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
67. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. A deep bow.
8. The basic unit of money in Iran.
9. The brightest star in Scorpius.
10. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
11. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
12. Of or like a cecum.
17. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
28. A three-tone Chadic language.
29. A major god.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. Jordan's port.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. United States author (born 1932).
46. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
48. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
50. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Jordan's port.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
56. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
57. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
58. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
62. Before noon.
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