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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
10. The seventh and last day of the week.
13. The month following March and preceding May.
14. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
18. A rapid bustling commotion.
19. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
21. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
22. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
24. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
31. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
34. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
37. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
38. A licensed medical practitioner.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The superior of a group of nuns.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
56. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
57. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
63. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
64. Late time of life.
65. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
66. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC.
5. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
6. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
7. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
12. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
20. Using speech rather than writing.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
29. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A caress with the lips.
33. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. Produced by a manufacturing process.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A group of countries in special alliance.
46. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
47. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
48. A Mid-Atlantic state.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
53. A river in western Asia.
54. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
55. God of the Underworld.
58. A small piece of cloth.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
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