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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
10. A person's brother or sister.
13. The month following March and preceding May.
14. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
18. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
19. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
20. A populous province in northeastern China.
21. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
22. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
24. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
31. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
34. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
37. An informal term for a father.
38. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
40. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
41. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
43. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
44. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
47. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
49. Music performed for dancing the polka.
53. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
58. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
60. A master's degree in business.
61. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
62. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
64. Tag the base runner to get him out.
65. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
66. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Being one more than one hundred.
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1. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
7. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
8. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
9. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
12. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
17. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
23. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
25. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. God of the Underworld.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
35. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. The content of cognition.
45. United States author (born 1932).
46. Pertaining to the forward part of a vessel.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
50. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Jordan's port.
54. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
55. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
56. God of death.
57. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
59. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
63. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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