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1. A French abbot.
5. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
10. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
13. Material used to daub walls.
14. Lacking leadership.
15. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. Set down according to a plan.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
21. Of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. Australasian kingfishers.
29. The craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone.
33. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
35. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
36. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
37. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
40. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
41. A strong emotion.
43. A state in northwestern North America.
44. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
47. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
48. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
51. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
55. Jordan's port.
58. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
59. The basic unit of money in Macao.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
64. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
65. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. (of upper front teeth) Projecting outward.
4. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
5. A Scottish word.
6. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
7. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
12. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
18. (Greek mythology) Monster with nine heads.
20. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
22. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
23. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
27. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
28. An awkward stupid person.
30. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
31. Look at with amorous intentions.
32. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
34. Largest crested screamer.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
39. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
42. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A light touch or stroke.
49. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
50. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
52. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. Fiddler crabs.
60. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
61. A state in east central United States.
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