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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
10. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
13. A strong emotion.
14. Ending in a sharp point.
15. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
25. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
35. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
37. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Being derived from.
45. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. An awkward stupid person.
48. An informal term for a father.
50. The act of scanning.
54. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. An accidental happening.
61. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
62. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
63. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
65. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
66. How long something has existed.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. Temporary living quarters.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
7. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
10. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. The event of dying or departure from life.
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
27. Type genus of the Anatidae.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
33. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
34. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
36. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. The longest division of geological time.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. 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.
52. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
53. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
57. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
59. Top part of an apron.
60. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
64. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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