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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. An accidental happening.
14. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
15. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
19. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
21. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
24. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
25. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. Tag the base runner to get him out.
35. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
37. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
46. British composer (1857-1934).
48. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
50. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
54. The cry made by sheep.
55. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
57. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
58. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
60. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
63. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Moving quickly and lightly.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A loose cloak with a hood.
7. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
8. By chance.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
11. God of wealth and love.
12. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
18. An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts).
20. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. Extremely pleasing.
26. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
27. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
40. Relating to the veins of plants.
41. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
45. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
47. Squash bugs.
49. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
52. A city in northwestern Syria.
53. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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