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1. A city in the European part of Russia.
4. A whimsical idea.
10. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
13. Term of address for a man.
14. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
18. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. Avatar of Vishnu.
23. Wood of a pecan tree.
25. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
32. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
37. (Babylonian) The sky god.
41. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
44. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A blind god.
51. A bachelor's degree in religion.
52. Remove the tusks of animals.
56. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
62. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
64. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
65. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
66. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
5. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. A city in Indonesia.
8. An unforeseen obstacle.
9. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
11. Impairment resulting from long use.
12. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
17. A mistake resulting from inattention.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
26. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
27. An onerous or difficult concern.
30. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
38. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
39. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
40. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
41. Impairment resulting from long use.
42. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
47. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. God of love and erotic desire.
57. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
59. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
63. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
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