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1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. United States writer of children's books (1904-1991).
10. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. One of two alternative forms of a genes that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.
15. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
16. Of or relating to or involving an area.
18. (Britain) Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
20. Perennial herb of North America.
23. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
24. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
26. A lyric poet.
27. A master's degree in library science.
30. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
32. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
33. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
38. A fraudulent business scheme.
40. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
43. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
44. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
46. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
49. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
53. Spread or daub over.
57. A medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
66. God of wealth and love.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. The cry made by sheep.
69. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. An associate degree in nursing.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Denuded of leaves.
3. American novelist (1909-1955).
4. Offering fun and gaiety.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. Being nine more than forty.
7. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
8. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
9. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
10. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
11. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
12. Make improvements or corrections to.
17. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
21. Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
22. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
25. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
31. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
35. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. The last (12th) month of the year.
45. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
50. Enthusiastic approval.
51. Squash bugs.
52. Type genus of the Percidae.
54. English essayist (1775-1834).
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
58. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
59. A French abbot.
62. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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