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1. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
5. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
15. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
16. Cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
21. A region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo.
23. A native of ancient Troy.
25. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
30. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
34. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. A polite name for any woman.
40. A festival featuring African-American culture.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
46. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
47. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
49. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A language of Australian aborigines.
58. Industrial city of Belarus southeast of Minsk.
60. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
61. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
64. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
65. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
66. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
68. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
69. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
70. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
2. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
4. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
7. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
12. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
17. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. Jordan's port.
24. The basic unit of money in Iran.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. A port in southwestern Scotland.
35. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
36. An enclosed space.
38. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
42. An African river.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
48. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
50. Music composed for dancing the pavane.
51. A state in northwestern North America.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
55. Noisy talk.
56. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
59. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
62. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
63. Take in solid food.
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