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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. Made of or resembling lace.
14. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Moving quickly and lightly.
18. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. A city in Indonesia.
21. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
23. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
26. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. Squash bugs.
37. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
40. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
41. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Not only so, but.
51. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
55. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
59. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
60. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
61. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
62. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
63. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
64. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
65. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
2. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
3. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
4. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
5. Informal terms for a mother.
6. American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794).
7. By bad luck.
8. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
9. The sign language used in the United States.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. (Babylonian) The sky god.
28. (informal) Roused to anger.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A formal association of people with similar interests.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
35. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
39. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
42. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
46. Suggestive of the supernatural.
47. Having the head uncovered.
48. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
52. Absent without permission.
53. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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