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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
10. A doctor's degree in education.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
16. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
17. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
22. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
30. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
34. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
36. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
37. A decree that prohibits something.
38. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. The state of being contaminated.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
55. Bringing death.
59. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
60. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
63. A feeling of intense anger.
64. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
65. A genus of Indriidae.
66. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
67. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
68. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
69. A quantity of no importance.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
6. The sixth month of the civil year.
7. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
8. Jordan's port.
9. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
20. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
26. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
28. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
32. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
33. Of or being the lowest female voice.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. (botany) Especially of leaves.
48. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
52. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
53. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
54. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
57. Advanced in years.
58. A Russian river.
61. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. A resource.
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