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1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
5. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
10. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
13. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
14. The capital of Morocco.
15. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
16. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. From 13 million to 25 million years ago.
20. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. The bill in a restaurant.
28. Again but in a new or different way.
30. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
34. A fraudulent business scheme.
36. Characteristic of a baby.
38. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
40. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. The brightest star in Cygnus.
49. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
55. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
56. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
58. A Hindu prince or king in India.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
61. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
64. Suggestive of the supernatural.
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1. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
2. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
3. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
4. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
5. The father of your father or mother.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A quantity of no importance.
9. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
10. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
11. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
12. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
18. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
31. A city of central China.
32. A small island.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
37. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
39. Bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel.
40. Impressive in scale.
45. A card game for 2 players.
46. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
47. The ending of a series or sequence.
48. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
50. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
51. Avatar of Vishnu.
52. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
53. Slightly open.
54. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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