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1. A sudden very loud noise.
5. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
9. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
13. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
14. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
16. A book of the New Testament.
17. An unforeseen obstacle.
18. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
19. A written order directing a bank to pay money.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
26. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
31. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
34. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
36. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. Not only so, but.
41. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game.
44. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. Belonging to some prior time.
48. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
49. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
54. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
60. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
63. (British) Your grandmother.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
66. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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1. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
2. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
3. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
4. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
5. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
12. A small island.
20. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
22. Having three dimensions.
24. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. Colloquial British abbreviation.
30. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
40. Dyed with henna.
42. A republic in southeastern Europe.
43. A state in midwestern United States.
44. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. A small piece of cloth.
50. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
51. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
52. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
53. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. Any of various small biting flies.
56. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
58. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
59. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
62. Not out.
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