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1. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
4. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
10. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. A Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian').
18. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
20. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. The capital of Turkey.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. South African term for `boss'.
34. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
43. By bad luck.
45. A river in eastern France.
47. A doctor's degree in religion.
48. A person forced to flee from home or country.
49. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Jordan's port.
62. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
65. 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.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
68. The nest of a squirrel.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
2. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Being one more than two.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
12. At a specific prior time.
17. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
19. Jordan's port.
21. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
26. A city and port in northern Jutland.
28. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
40. Covered with paving material.
41. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The square of a body of any size of type.
51. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
52. A vigorous blow.
54. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
55. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
56. A French abbot.
57. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
59. The last (12th) month of the year.
61. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
63. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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