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1. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
4. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
10. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
13. Any high mountain.
14. A traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
21. A Spanish female Gypsy.
23. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
34. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
38. Fiddler crabs.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. The capital of Morocco.
45. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A large round wicker basket (used on farms).
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
57. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
58. Used of a single unit or thing.
59. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
60. A decree that prohibits something.
61. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. American inventor.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. An advantageous purchase.
5. Relating or near the pubis.
6. 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).
7. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
8. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
9. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
10. The closing section of a musical composition.
11. The act of scanning.
12. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
20. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
22. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
35. Lie adjacent to another.
36. A light touch or stroke.
37. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
40. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
44. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
46. Jordan's port.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
50. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
51. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
54. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
55. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
56. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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