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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Jordan's port.
9. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. The sister of your father or mother.
18. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
19. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
20. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
22. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
33. The residue that remains when something is burned.
34. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
37. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
38. Hit with the hand.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. A tight-fitting headdress.
44. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
46. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
51. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
54. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
62. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
63. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
64. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
70. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. The act of drawing or hauling something.
3. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
9. A degree or grade of excellence or worth.
10. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
11. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
12. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
23. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
27. Pale gray.
28. Colloquial British abbreviation.
29. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
30. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
31. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
32. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. American novelist (1909-1955).
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. City in Sudan.
52. In bed.
53. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
55. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
57. Not easy.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
61. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
65. 16 ounces.
66. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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