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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
10. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
13. An awkward stupid person.
14. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
15. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. The act of scanning.
18. (informal) Roused to anger.
19. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. 1 species.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
31. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
35. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. A city in northern India.
44. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
46. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
48. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
49. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
50. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
52. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
67. (Scotland) A landowner.
68. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
69. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
70. American Revolutionary patriot.
71. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
5. God of the Underworld.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
12. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
17. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
20. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
23. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A radioactive transuranic element.
30. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
33. Characteristic of false pride.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
40. Type genus of the Nepidae.
43. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
45. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
47. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
51. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
53. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
54. Arm again.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. Marked by the reception of pay.
59. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
60. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
62. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
63. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
64. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
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