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1. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A group of countries in special alliance.
13. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
14. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
15. The basic unit of money on Malta.
16. Flowing in drops.
17. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
18. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
23. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A doctor's degree in education.
31. A committee having supervisory powers.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. An honorary degree in science.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
49. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
52. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
54. Having a woven pattern.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
63. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
65. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
66. Used of a single unit or thing.
67. Large Indian antelope.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
3. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
4. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
7. Inquire about.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast.
10. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
11. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
12. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
29. The last (12th) month of the year.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
36. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
41. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. An island of central Hawaii.
48. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
51. A French abbot.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
58. A decree that prohibits something.
60. A periodic paperback publication.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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