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1. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
13. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
14. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
18. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
19. A severe or trying experience.
21. Bark rich in tannin.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
26. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
40. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
41. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
46. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
50. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
55. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
61. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
63. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. A large fleet.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
3. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
4. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
5. A genus of Scolopacidae.
6. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
7. Lie adjacent to another.
8. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
9. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
11. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
12. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
20. A Spanish river.
22. A state in New England.
24. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
32. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
33. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
42. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
43. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. Of or resembling algae.
47. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
48. (Scotland) A landowner.
49. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. God of love and erotic desire.
56. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
57. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
58. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
59. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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