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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. A state in northwestern North America.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. Before noon.
24. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
25. (European mythology) A supernatural smith and king of the elves.
30. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
34. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
35. Tag the base runner to get him out.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
41. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
42. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
45. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
48. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
50. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
53. Make a subtraction.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
61. The template for protein synthesis.
62. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
63. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
65. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Singing jazz.
4. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
5. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
6. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
7. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
20. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
22. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
26. The eighth month of the civil year.
27. A very light brown.
28. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
29. An audiotape recording of sound.
31. A fraudulent business scheme.
32. A genus of Mustelidae.
33. Chief port of Yemen.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
43. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
46. Old World woody vines.
47. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. Very dark black.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
54. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
55. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
56. Flat and uninspiring.
59. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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