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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Put into service.
9. A city of central China.
13. A police officer who investigates crimes.
14. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
15. The highest level or degree attainable.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Not out.
22. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
36. The sixth month of the civil year.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
39. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
42. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
43. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
55. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
59. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
60. Any plant of the genus Inula.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
65. Of or like a cecum.
66. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
67. The month following April and preceding June.
68. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
69. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
7. A local computer network for communication between computers.
8. The basic unit of money in China.
9. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
10. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
11. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
12. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
20. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Absent without permission.
34. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
40. A country on the island of Jamaica.
41. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. A city of southeastern Mexico.
49. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
52. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
53. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
54. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
56. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
58. Very dark black.
61. Fiddler crabs.
62. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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