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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A large fleet.
10. The residue that remains when something is burned.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
18. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. Of surpassing excellence.
22. The face or front of a building.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
41. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
46. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
49. A Loloish language.
50. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
53. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.
56. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. (Irish) The sea personified.
66. Very large red gum tree.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
69. Having winglike extensions.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
6. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
7. The sign language used in the United States.
8. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
9. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
17. A three-tone Chadic language.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
35. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
36. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
39. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
40. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
42. Childcare during the day while parents work.
43. Type genus of the Amiidae.
44. The supreme commander of a fleet.
45. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
51. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
52. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
54. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
55. Fallow deer.
57. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
63. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
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