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1. A pass between mountain peaks.
4. Lean end of the neck.
9. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
15. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
16. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
18. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
20. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
23. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
25. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
27. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
31. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
43. Type genus of the Ranidae.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
47. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
51. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
53. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
60. Either extremity of something that has length.
64. A notable achievement.
65. A light touch or stroke.
66. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
4. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
6. Possessing material wealth.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. A genus of Paridae.
10. French poet and novelist and dramatist.
11. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
12. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
17. Leather with a napped surface.
19. A Loloish language.
21. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
28. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
29. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
30. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. English monk and scholar (672-735).
44. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
50. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
52. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
54. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. A quantity of no importance.
58. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
62. An uproarious party.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
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