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1. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
4. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
9. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. United States writer (1871-1900).
15. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
16. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
20. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
22. Lacking motor coordination.
24. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
25. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
33. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
35. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
41. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
44. An oil port in southern Iraq.
45. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
51. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
55. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
58. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
59. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
60. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
62. The airforce of Great Britain.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
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1. A disreputable vagrant.
2. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
3. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
4. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
5. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. Acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) n.
8. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
9. With rapid movements.
10. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.
11. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
17. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).
21. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
28. The act of scanning.
29. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. A large number or amount.
31. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
32. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
34. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
36. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
37. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
48. Material used to daub walls.
49. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
56. Gone by.
57. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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