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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
5. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
13. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
14. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
15. A small nail.
16. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
21. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. Heal or recover.
25. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. A light touch or stroke.
29. Tag the base runner to get him out.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
54. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
58. The act of scanning.
60. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. A human limb.
63. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
67. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
68. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
69. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
70. How long something has existed.
71. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900).
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. A bachelor's degree in science.
6. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
7. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
10. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
20. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
23. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Take in solid food.
35. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
36. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
38. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
40. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
52. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
53. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
55. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
59. 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.
61. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
64. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
65. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
66. A castrated tomcat.
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