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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. The face or front of a building.
10. Call upon in supplication.
13. A light touch or stroke.
14. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
15. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
16. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
17. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
19. An informal term for a father.
22. The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
27. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
34. Large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
37. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
38. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Excessively fat.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
53. Remove the tusks of animals.
57. An honorary arts degree.
59. In bed.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. American novelist (1909-1955).
64. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
65. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
66. A woman of refinement.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
4. The sixth day of the week.
5. The sister of your father or mother.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. Again but in a new or different way.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
11. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
12. Great merriment.
18. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. Squash bugs.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
26. An accountant certified by the state.
28. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
30. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
32. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
40. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
41. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
42. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
51. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
58. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
60. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
63. Before noon.
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