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1. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
4. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
9. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
13. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
14. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A fraudulent business scheme.
18. In bed.
19. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
20. God of love and erotic desire.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
40. A city in northwestern Syria.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
47. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
49. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
51. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
54. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. Obvious and dull.
63. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
64. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
65. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
67. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
68. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
69. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
4. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
5. Toward the mouth or oral region.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. (British) "use your noddle".
9. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
12. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
17. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
28. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
29. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
30. A Hindu theistic philosophy.
32. Cut off the testicles.
33. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
34. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. That is to say.
41. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A lack of vitality.
45. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
52. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
53. A telephone connection.
55. Avatar of Vishnu.
56. The eighth month of the civil year.
57. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
62. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
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