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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
13. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
17. Advanced in years.
18. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
19. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
22. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
25. A doctor's degree in religion.
27. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
37. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
44. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. Lower in esteem.
47. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
51. Tag the base runner to get him out.
52. Of or relating to myalgia.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
59. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
63. A small amount (especially of a drink).
64. In a foreign country.
66. A master's degree in business.
67. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
2. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
5. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. In bed.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
9. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
10. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
11. In some classifications.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
24. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. The unit of frequency.
36. Step on it.
38. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
39. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
46. The cry made by sheep.
48. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966).
50. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
53. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
54. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
60. A state of southwestern India.
61. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
62. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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