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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
10. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Of or like a cecum.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
17. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
18. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
20. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
39. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
41. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
42. A Loloish language.
43. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
46. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
48. A motley assortment of things.
50. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
56. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
64. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
66. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
67. An informal term for a father.
68. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
69. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
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1. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. A Russian river.
7. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
8. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
9. Late time of life.
10. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
27. Bright and pleasant.
29. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
30. Extremely pleasing.
31. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
38. Produced by a manufacturing process.
40. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
45. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. Having help.
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
52. A state in New England.
53. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
55. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
56. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
61. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
62. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
65. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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