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1. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
4. Make less active or intense.
9. The handle of a weapon or tool.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
15. Being the only one.
16. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
18. In the near future.
19. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
20. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up.
22. American Revolutionary patriot.
25. A Russian river.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
29. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
48. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
57. New Guinea echidnas.
60. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
61. Fiddler crabs.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. A notable achievement.
66. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
67. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Make a plat of.
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. Largest crested screamer.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
5. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
8. In an unnatural eery manner.
9. A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
10. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
11. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
12. A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea.
17. The location of something surrounded by other things.
21. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
23. A state in New England.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. Very dark black.
31. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
35. Russian country house.
39. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. An informal term for a father.
47. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A quantity of no importance.
58. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
59. A light touch or stroke.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
64. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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