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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
13. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
14. Depressing in character or appearance.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. Jordan's port.
18. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
19. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
20. The commonest type of solidified lava.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. An indistinct shapeless form.
34. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture.
40. The father of your father or mother.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
48. A person forced to flee from home or country.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
57. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. A cgs unit of work or energy.
63. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
65. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
66. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. The basic unit of money in Romania.
69. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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1. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
2. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
3. By bad luck.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. A doctor's degree in religion.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. In bed.
26. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
28. The month following March and preceding May.
29. An accountant certified by the state.
31. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
35. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
39. A ribbon used as a decoration.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Sour or bitter in taste.
47. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
55. A slender double-reed instrument.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. Top part of an apron.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A boy or man.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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