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1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. Confined to bed (by illness).
10. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
13. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
14. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
15. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. Lacking excess flesh.
19. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
20. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
22. Island in West Indies.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
25. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
31. Filaments from a cobweb.
33. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. Common black European thrush.
45. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
48. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
50. A unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt.
52. Refuse to acknowledge.
55. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
57. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
58. An operating system that is on a disk.
59. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
62. A branch of the Tai languages.
63. The products of human creativity.
64. To some (great or small) extent.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
2. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
3. Hanging cloth used as a blind.
4. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
5. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
7. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
8. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
9. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
10. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
17. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
21. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
23. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
26. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A Russian river.
34. Very large red gum tree.
38. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
39. People having the same social or economic status.
41. Take away possessions from someone.
42. Cuddling and kissing.
44. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
45. A small piece of cloth.
46. Find repugnant.
47. Walk stealthily.
49. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
56. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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