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1. Pulled or drawn tight.
5. Lower in esteem.
10. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
13. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
14. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. (Babylonian) The sky god.
19. Type genus of the Anatidae.
21. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
23. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
25. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Type genus of the Amiidae.
30. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
33. (of eggs) No longer edible.
37. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
47. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.
57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
61. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
62. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
63. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
64. (informal) Roused to anger.
65. God of death.
66. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. A large fleet.
8. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
9. One of the eight bones of the cranium.
10. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
11. Of or relating to punishment.
12. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
20. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
27. Largest known toad species.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. In addition.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
34. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
35. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
36. A light touch or stroke.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
40. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
49. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. A state in northwestern North America.
54. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
55. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
56. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
60. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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