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1. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
10. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. The second largest continent.
15. Having leadership guidance.
16. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
18. Refuse to acknowledge.
20. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
22. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. A state in New England.
27. Jordan's port.
28. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
45. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
47. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
50. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
51. American pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952).
53. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
57. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
62. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
63. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
66. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
69. The month following February and preceding April.
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1. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
2. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
7. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
8. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
9. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
10. Take by theft.
11. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
12. Chief port of Yemen.
17. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
19. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
21. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
30. A French abbot.
31. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A bachelor's degree in library science.
41. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
43. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
44. Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye).
45. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
46. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
52. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
56. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
59. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
65. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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