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1. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
4. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
10. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Linens for the dining table.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).
18. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
19. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
40. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
42. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A festival featuring African-American culture.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. City in Sudan.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
5. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
6. Directed up.
7. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
8. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
9. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
10. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
11. Relating to the Urdu language.
12. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. The superior of an abbey of monks.
26. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. An inhabitant of Lappland.
35. British informal term.
37. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
38. Deteriorated by decay or rot.
39. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
41. Basic principles of the cosmos.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
46. A form of Japanese poetry.
47. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
51. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
52. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
53. Armor plate that protects the chest.
54. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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