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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
10. Extremely pleasing.
13. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
14. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
18. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
23. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
25. Being nine more than ninety.
26. A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
30. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
33. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
36. Up to the present time.
38. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. A jaunty rhythm in music.
42. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
43. A genus of Ploceidae.
45. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
47. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
49. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
57. Beer brewed for immediate consumption.
61. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
62. A port in southwestern Scotland.
63. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
65. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
66. In or of the month preceding the present one.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Fallow deer.
3. Find repugnant.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
6. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
7. In operation or operational.
8. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
9. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
10. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
11. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
12. Something causes misery or death.
17. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
19. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
21. A populous province in northeastern China.
24. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
27. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
30. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
31. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
32. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
34. A large number or amount.
35. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
37. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
41. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
44. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
46. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
48. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
51. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
52. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
56. On or toward the lee.
58. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
59. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
60. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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