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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
14. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
15. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
16. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
18. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
29. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
38. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
42. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
43. A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
44. The act of scanning.
46. A man who is a stupid fool.
47. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
51. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
52. A swaggering show of courage.
55. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
59. Of a pale purple color.
60. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
65. How long something has existed.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
69. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
70. A port city in southwestern Iran.
71. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
2. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
3. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
4. A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
5. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
6. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
9. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
10. By bad luck.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. The capital of Western Samoa.
33. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
35. Actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at the time of viewing.
36. Type genus of the Majidae.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. 16 ounces.
40. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
41. Informal terms for a meal.
45. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
48. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
49. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
50. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
54. A city in northwestern Syria.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. A city in northern India.
61. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. A decree that prohibits something.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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