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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Filled with fear or apprehension.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
15. Black tropical American cuckoo.
16. The fatty flesh of eel.
17. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
18. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
19. An informal term for a father.
21. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
23. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
25. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
26. Belonging to some prior time.
28. An accountant certified by the state.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
33. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
46. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
47. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
53. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
54. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
58. Jordan's port.
62. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
63. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
66. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. A port city in southwestern Iran.
69. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
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1. The short weak cry of a young bird.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
5. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
6. An unforeseen obstacle.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
9. Cause to lose courage.
10. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
11. (in writing) See below.
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
20. In bed.
22. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
24. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
27. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
29. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
30. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
35. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
36. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
51. A Loloish language.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
57. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A decree that prohibits something.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. A public promotion of some product or service.
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