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1. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
4. A warning against certain acts.
10. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
13. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
14. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A flag that shows its nationality.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. (usually plural) When two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots the result is called `boxcars'.
21. A telegram sent abroad.
23. On or toward the lee.
25. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
28. Made tough by habitual exposure.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
39. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
40. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.
45. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Characteristic of false pride.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A Russian river.
56. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
58. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
59. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
60. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
61. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
3. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
4. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
5. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
6. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
7. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
9. A region in central Italy.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
12. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
20. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
22. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
24. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
26. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
27. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
29. Avatar of Vishnu.
30. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
31. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
33. Climbing vine native to China.
34. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
47. Long and thin and often limp.
48. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
49. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
57. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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