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1. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
17. The act of excusing a mistake or offense.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Type genus of the Suidae.
22. The back side of the neck.
24. An azure blue semiprecious stone.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
28. (informal) Roused to anger.
29. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
35. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
37. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
38. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
41. The cry made by sheep.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. Elk or moose.
53. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. Black tropical American cuckoo.
62. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
64. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
65. A master's degree in education.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
67. The basic unit of money in Romania.
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1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
4. The sound made by a gentle blow.
5. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
6. A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits.
7. Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
9. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
12. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
20. An informal term for a father.
23. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
27. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
30. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
31. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
32. Not only so, but.
34. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
36. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
40. A master's degree in business.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
44. A decree that prohibits something.
46. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
47. Strong and sharp.
49. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A quantity of money.
54. (informal) Exceptionally good.
55. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
56. A slender double-reed instrument.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
59. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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