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1. Toward the mouth or oral region.
5. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
9. A telephone connection.
13. A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
16. To fix or set securely or deeply.
18. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
25. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
34. Having no employment.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
38. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
48. Address God.
49. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
52. A British doctorate.
56. Highly excited.
57. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
60. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
61. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
62. Very dark black.
63. Not moving quickly.
64. A condition requiring relief.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Disposed of to a purchaser.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Capital and largest city of Italy.
3. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
4. Relatively deep or strong.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
9. An athlete who plays basketball.
10. Similar or related in quality or character.
11. A Russian river.
12. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
17. Indigo bush.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
27. Offering fun and gaiety.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. One thousand periods per second.
37. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
40. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
42. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
43. (informal) Roused to anger.
44. A road that takes traffic around the edge of a town.
45. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man.
46. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
47. Greek mythology.
50. American novelist (1909-1955).
51. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
54. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
55. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
58. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
59. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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