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1. An artifact designed to be played with.
4. An American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
18. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
19. Made of or resembling lace.
20. Small tropical flea.
22. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
24. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
25. A portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an anti-tank weapon.
26. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
30. A person's brother or sister.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The sound made by corvine birds.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
40. A light touch or stroke.
42. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A Hindu prince or king in India.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. A geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan.
52. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
56. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
65. Of or relating to a clone.
67. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
6. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
7. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
8. Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
9. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
10. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
11. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
12. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
17. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
27. In bed.
28. Avatar of Vishnu.
29. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. A large number or amount.
35. Of or relating to or containing barium.
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
37. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
39. Again but in a new or different way.
41. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
43. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
52. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
53. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
55. Offering fun and gaiety.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. Very dark black.
60. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
61. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
66. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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