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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
10. An informal term for a father.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
18. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
20. Not enough.
21. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
32. American Revolutionary patriot.
36. A motley assortment of things.
37. North American bluebirds.
38. (Babylonian) The sky god.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Administer an oil or ointment to.
43. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
45. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
48. 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.
52. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
55. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
60. Jordan's port.
63. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
64. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
68. Step on it.
69. Take in solid food.
70. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
71. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Informal terms for a meal.
2. A group of countries in special alliance.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
5. Belonging to some prior time.
6. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
7. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
8. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
9. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
12. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
17. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
29. A Loloish language.
30. Largest known toad species.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. On or toward the lee.
34. A plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
35. A branch of the Tai languages.
40. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. Squash bugs.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A pass between mountain peaks.
53. A Loloish language.
54. Anything that serves as an enticement.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A sudden short attack.
59. A notable achievement.
61. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
62. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
66. Before noon.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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