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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
5. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Divulge information or secrets.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
16. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
18. Filled with fear or apprehension.
20. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
21. A bachelor's degree in science.
23. The address where a person lives.
24. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
26. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
27. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. Flesh of large European flatfish.
42. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
44. An inlaid furniture decoration.
45. A state in the eastern United States.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. 35th President of the United States.
49. By bad luck.
51. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
62. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
63. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
64. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
65. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
66. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
67. An outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973).
68. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
2. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
3. An obsolete kind of container used for distillation.
4. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Found along western Atlantic coast.
10. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
11. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
17. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. Extremely pleasing.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
29. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
30. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
31. An intuitive awareness.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
40. An associate degree in applied science.
43. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
46. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
50. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
53. A genus of Mustelidae.
55. Avatar of Vishnu.
56. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
57. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
59. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
61. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
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