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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
10. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
13. A human limb.
14. Australian moundbird.
15. Take in solid food.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. United States playwright (born in 1947).
19. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
21. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
22. In operation or operational.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
33. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
34. Wool of the alpaca.
35. An honorary degree in science.
39. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
40. A professional cook.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
52. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
56. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. Late time of life.
60. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
63. On or toward the lee.
64. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
65. Give qualities or abilities to.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A city in northern India.
4. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
5. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
6. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
8. A capacious bag or basket.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
11. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
12. Male red deer.
18. Be present in.
20. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Fallow deer.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
36. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
37. Large drinking vessel with one handle.
38. The smallest of the Great Lakes.
39. A capacious bag or basket.
41. Extremely pleasing.
43. A decree that prohibits something.
46. By chance.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
48. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. Unknown god.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
54. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
57. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
59. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
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