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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. Jordan's port.
9. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. Employed in accomplishing something.
16. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
18. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
20. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
22. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
25. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
28. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
31. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
35. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Cause to become awake or conscious.
51. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
53. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
54. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
57. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
59. Transient cessation of respiration.
60. The month following August and preceding October.
61. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. 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.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
8. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
9. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
11. A visual presentation showing how something works.
12. Chief port of Yemen.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A doctor's degree in optometry.
26. (informal) Of the highest quality.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
36. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
44. The habitation of wild animals.
46. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
48. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
49. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
50. Wife of Balder.
52. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
55. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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