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1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
5. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
10. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
13. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
14. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
15. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. (informal) Exceptionally good.
17. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
19. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
21. Imperial moths.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
38. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
41. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
42. (informal) Roused to anger.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
49. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
51. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
55. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
59. The capital and largest city of Greece.
61. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
62. The cry made by sheep.
63. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
66. A flexible container with a single opening.
67. A human limb.
68. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
69. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. The muscular back part of the shank.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A motley assortment of things.
5. Assign in incorrect name to.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
8. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
12. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
18. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
28. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
30. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
32. Fallow deer.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. An informal term for a father.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A Russian river.
39. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A deep bow.
45. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. Two items of the same kind.
50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. Hit hard.
54. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
58. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
64. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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