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1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
13. By bad luck.
14. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Lean end of the neck.
17. In bed.
18. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
19. God of love and erotic desire.
22. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A city in north central Morocco.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. Any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. The cry made by sheep.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
44. Herbs of temperate regions.
48. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
49. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
50. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
61. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
62. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
63. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
65. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
66. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
67. The capital of the Bahamas.
68. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
5. Unknown god.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
8. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
9. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Wood of a sumac.
20. Sour or bitter in taste.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. A state in New England.
27. A genus of Mustelidae.
28. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. A large number or amount.
33. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
34. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
43. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
45. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
46. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
47. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
51. An Eskimo hut.
52. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
53. Goddess of fertility.
54. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
55. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
56. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
64. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
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