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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950).
10. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
14. Of a pale purple color.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
17. A theatrical performer.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
28. Elegant and stylish.
32. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Traveling on horseback.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. Fallow deer.
42. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
43. Not only so, but.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. How long something has existed.
48. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
60. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Situated at an apex.
66. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
67. The month following February and preceding April.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Express or utter with a hiss.
2. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. Small lynx of North America.
5. A wound made by cutting.
6. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
7. In or of the month preceding the present one.
8. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
9. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
12. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
26. The back side of the neck.
27. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
29. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
30. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
31. English monk and scholar (672-735).
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
38. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
42. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
51. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
52. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. A sudden numbing dread.
55. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
56. Not agitated.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
65. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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