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1. An informal term for a father.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
15. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
16. The basic unit of money in Panama.
18. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A person who carries a message.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. Fit or ready for use or service.
39. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
45. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
54. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
57. Necessary for relief or supply.
61. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
67. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
68. In bed.
69. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
70. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
5. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
6. 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.
7. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
8. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
9. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
12. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
24. A native-born Israeli.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
30. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Witnessed at first hand.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Humorously vulgar.
50. An informal term for a father.
52. Squash bugs.
53. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
58. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
59. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
60. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
66. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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