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1. A book of the New Testament.
5. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
10. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
14. Love intensely.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
17. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
19. The father of your father or mother.
21. Deeply moved.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
23. A light touch or stroke.
27. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
38. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. An endorsement.
41. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
42. Extremely pleasing.
44. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
45. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
53. Highly excited.
57. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
60. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. One of the common people.
65. Take in solid food.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
2. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
3. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
4. God of war.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. The month following October and preceding December.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. A Mid-Atlantic state.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
12. A very troublesome child.
18. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
20. An informal term for a father.
24. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Moderate or restrain.
29. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
30. By bad luck.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
43. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
49. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
58. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
59. The bill in a restaurant.
62. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
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