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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
15. One or some or every or all without specification.
16. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
17. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
18. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
19. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
21. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
23. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
31. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
39. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. Bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel.
47. Of or relating to or containing barium.
48. The capital city of Vietnam.
51. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
53. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
54. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
60. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
64. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
65. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
66. Be unbearably loud.
67. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
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1. Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
2. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
3. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
4. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
5. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
6. A human limb.
7. German mathematician (1804-1851).
8. Advanced in years.
9. A small hard fruit.
10. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
11. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
12. City in Sudan.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
25. Slightly sour to the taste.
27. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
29. A humorous anecdote or remark.
30. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
34. The sixth month of the civil year.
36. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
50. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
52. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
56. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
57. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
58. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
59. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
61. A Mid-Atlantic state.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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