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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
10. A master's degree in business.
13. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
14. Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
18. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
19. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
20. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
22. Affect with wonder.
24. Capable of wounding.
25. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Being without physical aid.
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
44. A doctor's degree in optometry.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
54. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.
56. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
58. A resource.
59. A port in southwestern Scotland.
63. A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production.
64. The bottom one of two.
65. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
66. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
67. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
68. South African term for `boss'.
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1. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. 1 species.
7. A German machine gun.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Something considered choice to eat.
10. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
11. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
12. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
28. In bed.
30. An unforeseen obstacle.
32. A rapid bustling commotion.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. Jordan's port.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
47. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
48. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
49. Greek mythology.
51. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. To some (great or small) extent.
53. American Revolutionary patriot.
55. The eighth month of the civil year.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
58. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
60. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
61. An operating system that is on a disk.
62. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
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