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1 pun

2 play on words

3 a phrase with a double meaning

1 ancient state of central Asia

1 to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)

1 odd jobs

1 molasses

2 syrup

1 (math.) to weight

2 weighting

3 weighted (average, index etc)

1 lime (fruit)

1 to lie in disarray

2 to cut across

3 to traverse

1 stock investor

2 share trader

1 emetic

1 football fan

1 waist

1 cooking

1 silt

1 Ali (proper name)

2 Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam

3 Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris

1 Wadati Kiyoō (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist

1 to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

1 red food dye made from yeast

1 unidirectional

1 executioner

2 headsman

3 slaughterer

4 fig. indiscriminate murderer