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1. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
5. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
15. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
16. A town in the Andes in southern Peru.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
22. A deep bow.
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. Jordan's port.
39. Arousing or provoking laughter.
40. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. A Loloish language.
49. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
57. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
58. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
61. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
63. (informal) Roused to anger.
64. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
66. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
69. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
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1. A large indefinite number.
2. A fit of shivering.
3. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
6. A secret store of valuables or money.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. By bad luck.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
11. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
21. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
25. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
28. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
33. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
34. Distant in either space or time.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. A decree that prohibits something.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An informal term for a father.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
54. River in eastern Asia.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. A telephone connection.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A master's degree in business.
62. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
65. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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