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1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
5. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. On or toward the lee.
14. A resident of Iowa.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
22. An informal term for a father.
24. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Imprudently incurring risk.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. South African term for `boss'.
39. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
40. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
43. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
44. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
50. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
55. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. A Hindu prince or king in India.
63. A bachelor's degree in theology.
64. The act of consuming food.
66. (informal) Roused to anger.
67. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
68. An angular shape made by folding.
69. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Being one more than two.
6. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
7. A festival featuring African-American culture.
8. A genus of Lamnidae.
9. Half the width of an em.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
21. Before noon.
23. A telegram sent abroad.
25. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
30. The cry made by sheep.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. The complete duration of something.
34. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. Lower in esteem.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. Characteristic of false pride.
48. Type genus of the Gavidae.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
53. A human female who does housework.
54. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
56. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
57. Slightly open.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. The last (12th) month of the year.
61. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
65. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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