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1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
5. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
10. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
13. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
14. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
15. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
16. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
18. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Jordan's port.
21. (Britain) Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
23. Type genus of the Ranidae.
26. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
27. Make reference to.
30. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Surpass in speed.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. Of or relating to the gonads.
42. Extremely pleasing.
44. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
56. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
59. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
63. A coterie of undesirable people.
65. A light touch or stroke.
66. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
67. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
2. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
3. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
7. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
8. A republic in southwestern Asia.
9. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
10. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
11. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
12. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
17. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
22. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
28. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
29. Suggestive of the supernatural.
31. A Nilotic language.
32. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
33. A quantity of no importance.
37. A genus of Ploceidae.
38. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
47. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
49. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
57. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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