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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
10. The unit of frequency.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. The basic unit of money in Iran.
17. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
18. A human limb.
19. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
22. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
24. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A telegram sent abroad.
32. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
37. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. Heal or recover.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. The probability of a specified outcome.
42. Not only so, but.
43. Domestic swine.
45. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
50. Squash bugs.
54. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
62. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
63. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
66. A notable achievement.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
68. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
2. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
6. The sixth month of the civil year.
7. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
8. British slang.
9. Conducive to peace.
10. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
11. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
12. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
21. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
23. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. An angel of the first order.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
30. A polite name for any woman.
31. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
33. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Before noon.
36. Most important element.
39. The sacred city of Lamaism.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
52. A French abbot.
53. Fallow deer.
55. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. A quantity of no importance.
60. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. A state in northwestern North America.
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