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1. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
4. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
9. The British system of withholding tax.
13. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
14. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
15. Advanced in years.
16. Before noon.
18. An imperfection in a device or machine.
20. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
26. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Young sheep.
31. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
32. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
36. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
38. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The habitation of wild animals.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
63. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
3. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
4. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. God of fire.
11. Not only so, but.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
22. A musical percussion instrument.
23. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Using speech rather than writing.
35. Being nothing more than specified.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
46. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
47. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
48. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
53. The sixth month of the civil year.
54. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
56. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. Fallow deer.
61. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
62. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
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