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1. Top part of an apron.
4. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled.
10. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
13. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
14. A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
17. Not disposed of by purchase.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
21. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
22. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
24. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
26. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
27. A bitter quarrel between two parties.
29. The father of your father or mother.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
37. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.
38. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
48. South African term for `boss'.
52. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
54. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
58. An informal term for a father.
62. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
63. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. On or toward the lee.
66. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
67. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Beads threaded on a string.
2. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
3. As the agent of or on someone's part.
4. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
5. A special way of doing something.
6. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
7. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
8. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
9. Make attractive or lovable.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. Using speech rather than writing.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
23. Largest crested screamer.
25. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
28. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
30. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. The act of rising upward into the air.
34. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
43. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. Jordan's port.
50. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
55. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
59. Call upon in supplication.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
62. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
64. Unknown god.
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