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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
10. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
13. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
18. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
20. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
21. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
25. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
29. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
30. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
42. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
46. A fraudulent business scheme.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. A doctor's degree in education.
61. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
62. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
64. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
65. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. (British) Your grandmother.
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1. Stalk of a moss capsule.
2. A shaped mass of baked bread.
3. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
4. An electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually.
5. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
8. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
10. An oil port in southern Iraq.
11. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
12. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
17. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
19. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
26. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. The cry made by sheep.
31. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Being one more than forty.
36. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
41. (music) Without breaks between notes.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
48. In bed.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
54. Chief port of Yemen.
56. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
57. A flexible container with a single opening.
58. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
59. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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