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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
10. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
18. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
20. 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.
21. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
23. A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
27. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. Administer an oil or ointment to.
31. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
33. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
36. Informal terms for the mouth.
37. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. By bad luck.
45. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
52. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
58. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
59. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
60. Related to or located at the back.
63. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
64. Water frozen in the solid state.
65. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
67. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
68. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
69. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Moderate or restrain.
2. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
3. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Someone whose business is advertising.
5. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
6. Informal terms for a mother.
7. A Russian river.
8. (Welsh) A warrior god.
9. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
10. A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes.
11. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
12. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
17. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
19. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
22. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
24. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
25. An honorary arts degree.
28. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
31. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The act of scanning.
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
57. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
61. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
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