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1. A very light brown.
5. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
10. Of southern Europe.
13. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
14. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
17. (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
18. Tag the base runner to get him out.
19. A squeaking sound.
21. A person forced to flee from home or country.
22. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
24. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
26. A doctor's degree in optometry.
27. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
30. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
34. Make anew.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
40. American Revolutionary patriot.
42. By bad luck.
45. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
47. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
48. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
49. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
55. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
62. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
63. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
69. On or toward the lee.
70. An informal term for a father.
71. A genus of Ploceidae.
72. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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1. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
2. A human female who does housework.
3. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
9. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
10. God of fire.
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
20. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
29. The sixth month of the civil year.
31. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
32. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
37. Serving as or forming a base.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A long-playing phonograph record.
44. The act of scanning.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
53. A Russian river.
54. With no effort to conceal.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
56. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
57. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
59. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
60. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
64. (informal) Roused to anger.
65. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
68. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
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