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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
9. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Brightest star in Centaurus.
15. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. Offering fun and gaiety.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
23. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
31. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
34. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
35. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
41. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
44. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
50. A desert in southern Israel.
53. The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
56. A genus of Platalea.
59. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
60. Used of the language of the deaf.
62. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
63. American novelist (1909-1955).
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
5. Approaching or constituting a maximum.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
8. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
12. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
17. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
28. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
29. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
33. Very dark black.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
40. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
42. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
43. A city and port in northern Jutland.
44. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
45. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
47. Re-equip a factory or plant.
48. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
51. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
52. Having made preparations.
53. Being nine more than forty.
54. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
55. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
57. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
58. The cry made by sheep.
61. A bachelor's degree in science.
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