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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
13. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
14. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
15. Largest known toad species.
16. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
18. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
19. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
20. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
25. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
29. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
42. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
43. Being the only one.
44. An incorrect deal.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Made of fir or pine.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
53. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
57. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
61. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
62. A city in the European part of Russia.
65. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
66. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
2. A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record).
3. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
4. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
5. Beyond what is natural.
6. 16 ounces.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
9. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
10. American novelist (1909-1955).
11. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
12. Having made preparations.
17. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. A state in the eastern United States.
26. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
27. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
28. An associate degree in applied science.
30. A slender double-reed instrument.
31. A Loloish language.
32. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. (of eggs) No longer edible.
39. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
40. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
41. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
45. An enclosed space.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
52. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A coffin along with its stand.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. The cry made by sheep.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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