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1. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
4. Painful grief.
9. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. A resource.
17. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A master's degree in business.
25. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
30. A master's degree in library science.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. A mythical Greek hero.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
37. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
40. Used of a single unit or thing.
41. Obvious and dull.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
47. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
50. Covered with paving material.
54. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
55. The sixth month of the civil year.
56. A fastener for a door or lid.
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
61. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
63. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
64. Chief port of Yemen.
65. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. Using speech rather than writing.
6. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
7. Of or relating to near the ear.
8. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
9. A deep bow.
10. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
11. Fallow deer.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
21. A soft silvery metallic element.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
27. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
39. A cloth having a crisscross design.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
47. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
53. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
57. An enclosed space.
58. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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