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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
5. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. Diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
18. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
19. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
20. An engineering university in Cambridge.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Affect with wonder.
24. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
40. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
42. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
43. Set down according to a plan.
44. A genus of Malayan tree.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. A person forced to flee from home or country.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
58. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
62. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
64. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
67. (British) Your grandmother.
68. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
69. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
70. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
2. A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland.
3. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
7. Jordan's port.
8. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
11. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
12. Toward the inside of the cheek.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. The father of your father or mother.
27. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
36. Type genus of the Ranidae.
37. Long and light rowing boat.
38. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
48. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. An unofficial association of people or groups.
57. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
59. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
60. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
61. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
63. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
66. A state in northwestern North America.
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