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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
10. A master's degree in library science.
13. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Strike with a flat object.
17. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
21. Moving toward a position ahead.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
51. An account describing incidents or events.
53. A master's degree in business.
55. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
59. Any high mountain.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
66. A small lump or protuberance.
67. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
68. Covered with paving material.
69. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
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1. A city in Tuscany.
2. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Minor or subordinate.
8. A city in northeastern Ohio.
9. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
10. God of death.
11. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A squeeze with the fingers.
23. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. In bed.
29. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
30. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
31. Type genus of the Ranidae.
33. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
48. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A hazy or indistinct representation.
56. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
57. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
58. A French abbot.
60. Having much flesh (especially fat).
61. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
65. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
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