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1. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A city in central Tanzania.
10. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
13. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
14. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. The act of using.
17. Sew, as of mattresses.
18. A master's degree in business.
19. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
21. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
26. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
28. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
33. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
36. 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.
37. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
38. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
41. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
42. Having or resembling a beak.
44. A large fleet.
47. An informal term for a father.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. The capital and largest city of Lithuania.
53. A native-born Israeli.
57. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. In a foreign country.
65. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
66. A doctor's degree in education.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
2. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
3. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
5. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
6. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
7. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
8. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
9. The capital of Turkey.
10. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
25. Of or relating an apse.
27. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
45. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
46. A master's degree in fine arts.
48. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
50. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
52. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
54. Related to or located at the back.
55. Any competition.
56. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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