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1. Fiddler crabs.
4. Elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862).
9. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
13. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
14. (Irish) Goddess.
15. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
16. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
18. Any of various units of capacity.
20. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Very dark black.
25. Divulge information or secrets.
26. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. An associate degree in applied science.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
37. Of or relating to or containing barium.
39. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. In bed.
47. Made of fir or pine.
50. Common Indian weaverbird.
53. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
63. Come into possession of.
65. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
66. The basic unit of money in Albania.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. A state in the western United States.
2. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
3. A city in northern India.
4. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A cruel and brutal fellow.
6. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
7. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
8. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. A bar of sand.
11. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
12. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
28. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
31. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. An informal term for a father.
45. One of the three Furies.
48. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
49. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
51. On or toward the lee.
52. Noisy talk.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
56. A French abbot.
57. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
59. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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