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1. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
10. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
14. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
17. Any bird of the genus Pitta.
19. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
21. Being one more than one hundred.
22. An officer of the law.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A large fleet.
27. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
29. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
30. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520).
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A special loved one.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
53. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
56. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
60. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
61. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
66. (Greek mythology) The husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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1. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
5. Situated at an apex.
6. Go into retirement.
7. The products of human creativity.
8. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. Fallow deer.
12. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
18. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
20. God of death.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. The month following February and preceding April.
28. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
33. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
38. Wood of a pecan tree.
41. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).
52. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. Before noon.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. Type genus of the Majidae.
57. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
62. The sign language used in the United States.
63. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
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