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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
15. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers.
18. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
19. The condition of being free.
21. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
23. Tropical Asian starlings.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
35. The square of a body of any size of type.
36. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
38. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. The cry made by sheep.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
50. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
53. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
57. Wild llama.
59. Greek mythology.
60. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
61. Jordan's port.
64. Black tropical American cuckoo.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. A genus of Ploceidae.
67. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. Denuded of leaves.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
6. A jumble of things to be given away.
7. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
8. A bottle with a stopper.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
12. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
20. To fix or set securely or deeply.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
29. Before noon.
30. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Having prongs or tines.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
48. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. An accountant certified by the state.
51. Two items of the same kind.
52. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
54. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
55. A Russian river.
56. A female domestic.
58. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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