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1. The site of an archeological exploration.
4. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
10. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
13. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
14. Imperial moths.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
18. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
33. Extremely pleasing.
35. A light touch or stroke.
38. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
39. A city in northern India.
41. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
42. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
43. A large quantity of written matter.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
52. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
56. The airforce of Great Britain.
61. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
62. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
63. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
65. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
68. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
2. Not in action or at work.
3. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
4. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
5. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. Being nine more than forty.
8. Of the blackest black.
9. Wild ginger.
10. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
11. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
12. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
17. An informal term for a father.
19. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
30. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
31. At any time.
32. Slightly wet.
34. (informal) Exceptionally good.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. The food served and eaten at one time.
55. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
57. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
60. Being two more than fifty.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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