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1. In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
4. A woman of refinement.
9. A humorous anecdote or remark.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Jordan's port.
15. Type genus of the Amiidae.
16. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
19. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
21. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. (Welsh) A warrior god.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
35. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
37. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
39. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
41. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
42. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
44. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
46. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
49. A steep descent of the water of a river.
54. Having a woven pattern.
57. Of or relating to or involving an area.
58. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
60. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
61. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
62. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
64. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
65. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
66. Arctic foxes.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Not only so, but.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
5. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
6. A light touch or stroke.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. The capital of Lesotho.
9. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
10. A woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor.
11. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
12. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Submerged freshwater perennials.
22. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A genus of Mustelidae.
31. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. Be earlier in time.
43. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
47. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
48. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
49. Before noon.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
59. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
60. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
63. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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