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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. Small lynx of North America.
10. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
15. The capital and largest city of Japan.
16. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
18. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
19. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
21. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
23. Wood of a sumac.
26. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
32. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
53. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
56. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
66. The ending of a series or sequence.
67. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
68. The residue that remains when something is burned.
69. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. With no effort to conceal.
4. Found along western Atlantic coast.
5. A doctor's degree in optometry.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
8. Channel into a new direction.
9. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
10. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
11. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
12. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
17. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. 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.
39. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
44. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
47. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
49. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
51. The sacred city of Lamaism.
52. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
54. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
55. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
58. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
61. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
62. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
63. An informal term for a father.
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