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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. A genus of Stromateidae.
10. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
16. Having leadership guidance.
17. Force to go away.
18. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Kauri pine.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
30. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
34. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
35. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
37. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
38. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
41. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
42. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
45. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
61. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
63. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
64. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
65. Put a new facing on, as of a garment.
67. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
68. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
5. An island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
6. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
7. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
9. A deep bow.
10. Not only so, but.
11. God of fire.
12. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
20. An informal term for a father.
22. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
28. Hitting a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
32. Divisible by two.
33. Fallow deer.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. God of love and erotic desire.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A light touch or stroke.
48. A city in central New York.
50. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
51. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
53. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
57. A primeval personification of air and breath.
58. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
60. 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).
61. An associate degree in nursing.
62. A young woman making her debut into society.
66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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