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1. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
5. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
10. Being one more than one.
13. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
14. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
16. A bowl-shaped drinking vessel.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
20. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
22. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
27. A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription.
30. Make numb or insensitive.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
46. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
49. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
57. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
63. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
66. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
67. In a foreign country.
68. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Any thick messy substance.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
4. (genetics) Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
5. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
6. Sour or bitter in taste.
7. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
8. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
9. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
10. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
11. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
12. Using speech rather than writing.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
21. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
24. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
28. In bed.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
32. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Make anew.
40. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. God of wealth and love.
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. God of love and erotic desire.
52. Type genus of the Hylidae.
54. A sudden short attack.
55. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. 32nd President of the United States.
59. A toilet in England.
60. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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