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1. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
18. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
19. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A doctor's degree in religion.
24. Obvious and dull.
25. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
35. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
38. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
40. By bad luck.
42. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
47. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
49. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Used of a single unit or thing.
66. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
67. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
68. The cry made by sheep.
69. A port city in southwestern Iran.
70. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Affect with wonder.
8. 1 species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. An unofficial association of people or groups.
12. In bed.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. Someone new to a field or activity.
31. Dignified manner or conduct.
33. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. A master's degree in business.
46. A radioactive transuranic element.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. Greek mythology.
52. A particular environment or walk of life.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
57. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
58. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A slight amount or degree of difference.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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