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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
15. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
16. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
18. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
19. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
20. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
21. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
23. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
25. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
27. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
34. On or toward the lee.
35. A small piece of cloth.
37. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
38. Used in combination to denote the middle.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. Being one more than one.
45. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
48. A small nail.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
55. Follower of Rastafarianism.
59. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
62. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
63. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
64. Covered with paving material.
66. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
67. The money risked on a gamble.
68. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
69. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
2. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
3. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
4. The act of refusing a request.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
7. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
8. The vein in the center of a leaf.
9. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
17. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
22. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
24. An empire in South Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
26. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
28. English essayist (1775-1834).
29. Give over.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
32. American novelist (1909-1955).
33. A condition requiring relief.
36. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. In bed.
46. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
52. Resembling or similar.
53. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
54. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
55. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
56. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
57. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
58. Weapons considered collectively.
60. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
65. Before noon.
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