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1. An inlaid furniture decoration.
5. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
10. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
14. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts the ball in play.
18. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
19. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
20. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
22. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
24. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
26. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
29. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
30. That is to say.
37. Any competition.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Slightly open.
47. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
49. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
54. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
61. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Using speech rather than writing.
64. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
65. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
3. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
4. Genus of African timber trees.
5. Unknown god.
6. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A Russian river.
9. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
10. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
11. Muslim name for God.
12. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
17. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
25. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
28. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
31. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
32. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A master's degree in fine arts.
36. An informal term for a father.
38. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
39. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
40. A master's degree in business.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Plaything consisting of small 6-pointed metal pieces that are used (along with a ball) to play the game of jacks.
48. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
49. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. Praise, glorify, or honor.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
54. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
59. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
60. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
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