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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
18. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. A Mid-Atlantic state.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. Noisy talk.
27. Toward the mouth or oral region.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A telegram sent abroad.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A light touch or stroke.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
53. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
55. Having a large belly.
59. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
62. A quantity of no importance.
63. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
65. Goddess of fate.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
68. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
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1. An embarrassing mistake.
2. Stalk of a moss capsule.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
6. Be obliged to pay or repay.
7. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
8. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
9. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. An informal term for a father.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
29. In bed.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
34. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
35. English essayist (1775-1834).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. Wool of the alpaca.
46. Covered with beads of liquid.
47. That is to say.
49. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. Declare invalid.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
54. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
56. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
57. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
58. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
60. The last (12th) month of the year.
61. Take in solid food.
64. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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