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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Cap that fits over the hub of a wheel.
10. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
13. A local computer network for communication between computers.
14. Put into a rage.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
23. In operation or operational.
26. The highest level or degree attainable.
28. Avatar of Vishnu.
29. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
31. God of the earth.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
38. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
42. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
43. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. Used of locations.
48. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
52. An informal term for a father.
55. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
56. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
59. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
64. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
65. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
8. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
9. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
10. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
11. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
12. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
24. (informal) Exceptionally good.
25. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
27. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. A state of southwestern India.
37. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
39. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
44. Old World woody vines.
45. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
51. Fallow deer.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
57. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. The bill in a restaurant.
60. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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