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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
9. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
15. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
18. (prefix) Outside or outer.
19. By bad luck.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. God of wealth and love.
27. A particular environment or walk of life.
29. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
38. Type genus of the Amiidae.
40. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Someone who guards prisoners.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. A quantity of no importance.
60. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
61. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
62. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
64. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
65. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
8. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
9. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Take by theft.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. Highly excited.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Avatar of Vishnu.
30. Speaking a Slavic language.
31. A Loloish language.
32. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. Made of fir or pine.
39. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
41. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
53. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
54. Make editorial changes (in a text).
55. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
57. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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