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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India.
15. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
16. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
18. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
21. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
23. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
26. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
28. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
31. A young woman making her debut into society.
32. (Welsh) A warrior god.
35. Regional and archaic.
37. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
39. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
54. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
57. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
60. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. The cry made by sheep.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).
66. The month following February and preceding April.
69. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
70. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
71. A large fleet.
72. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
6. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
9. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
10. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
11. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
19. Lying in a relaxed manner.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
30. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
33. Fiddler crabs.
34. The last (12th) month of the year.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. A person with albinism.
51. Black tropical American cuckoo.
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
53. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
55. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
56. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
58. The sixth month of the civil year.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
64. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
67. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
68. Before noon.
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