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1. Being five more than one hundred sixty.
5. Largest crested screamer.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
14. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
15. A master's degree in fine arts.
16. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
18. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. Boas and pythons.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
27. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
30. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
37. An informal term for a father.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
44. Before noon.
45. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
47. A telegram sent abroad.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
55. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
63. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
64. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
65. Offering fun and gaiety.
66. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
67. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
68. In bed.
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1. Baby bed with high sides.
2. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
3. Being two more than ninety.
4. Included seven times in every 19 years.
5. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
6. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. A loose cloak with a hood.
9. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
10. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
11. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
12. A feeling of intense anger.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. 1/10 gram.
26. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
29. Divulge information or secrets.
31. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. The highest level or degree attainable.
36. Having the slant of a bevel.
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. South African term for `boss'.
42. The cry made by sheep.
46. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
48. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
52. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
53. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
54. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
56. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
57. Having been read.
59. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
60. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
61. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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