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1. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. The closing section of a musical composition.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Jordan's port.
15. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
16. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
18. 16 ounces.
20. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
21. Having winglike extensions.
22. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
25. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
27. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
29. Spread or daub over.
32. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
38. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
39. The cry made by sheep.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. Inquire about.
55. Jordan's port.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
60. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
63. Material used to daub walls.
65. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
69. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
2. The twelfth month of the civil year.
3. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
4. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
5. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
6. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
9. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
10. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
11. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
12. Someone whose business is advertising.
17. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Colloquial American term for a town.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A doctor's degree in education.
31. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. The content of cognition.
36. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Well matched.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
51. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
53. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. A French abbot.
58. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
59. Before noon.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. The sign language used in the United States.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. A bachelor's degree in science.
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