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1. South African term for `boss'.
5. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
10. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
13. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
14. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
15. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
19. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The longest division of geological time.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
32. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
36. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
39. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
48. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
53. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
56. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A genus of Ploceidae.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
67. Form or weave into a braid or braids.
69. Fiddler crabs.
70. Black tropical American cuckoo.
71. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
72. A boy or man.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
3. A port city in southwestern Iran.
4. American dwarf fan palms.
5. The closing section of a musical composition.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
8. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
9. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
10. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
18. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. Extremely pleasing.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
33. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
34. A master's degree in business.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
38. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
52. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
54. Very dark black.
55. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. United States feminist (1885-1977).
58. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
59. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
62. The last (12th) month of the year.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
64. (informal) Of the highest quality.
68. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
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