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1 speech or talk that is fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow 5 a student in a preparatory school 9 artisanship 12 pa’s mate 14 low sand hill by the sea 15 a 40-day period from ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday 16 Post Office 18 used 20 fuss 22 turn over and spread out grass, hay or straw to dry 23 Japanese sash 24 proverb / traditional maxim 26 route 27 coercion 30 restricts 33 varied flesh of different animals used for food 34 foe / opponent 35 yashmak 36 the name given the Office of the President of the USA 37 jumbled letters to read ‘green’ 40 the positive electrode in an electrolytic cell 43 flavor food with salt, herbs, etc. 44 doctrines / dogmas 46 rower 47 debonair 50 expression of sur- prise, triumph, mockery 51 licensed practical nurse 52 health resort 53 enter information in a regular record 54 pluralizing suffix 55 fermented grape juice as an alcoholic drink 58 look for / pursue 62 southeast 63 having the bones taken out 64 domesticates 66 servitude 67 sprints / races
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1 depart / leave 2 liquid crystal display 3 frozen water 4 sweet roll / brioche 5 prefix: before in time, place, order, degree or importance 6 bolted / sped 7 a newt 8 point / part 10 peruse 11 obstruct 12 attitude 13 a blank book for the insertion of photos; stamps 16 trivial / insignificant 17 poems 19 urgent 21 smear 22 fit or in good condition 24 allots as a share, task or responsibility 25 raise 28 the underside of a projecting roof 29 stenographer 31 silly / senseless 32 the sweet fruit of various gourds 37 harvests 38 merit 39 to move wings up and down when flying 41 handle 42 the characteristic attitudes of a community, people, system 43 one and only 45 profoundly wise person 48 not new / availed of 49 immense / huge 55 seek the hand or the love of a woman 56 colored fluid used for writing with a pen, for marking a rubber stamp 57 indicates a married woman’s maiden name 59 hearing organ 60 large flightless Australian bird 61 range of sight or knowledge 63 near / beside 65 steamship