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1. Informal terms for clothing.
5. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
10. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
13. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
14. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
15. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
16. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
20. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
21. (trademark) An antacid.
23. In bed.
24. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
25. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
28. A city in western Kenya.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A humorous anecdote or remark.
36. An informal term for a father.
39. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
45. A white trivalent metallic element.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
51. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
53. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
57. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
59. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
60. Being three more than fifty.
61. Be in contradiction with.
63. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
64. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
65. Selected as the best.
66. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. The lowest brass wind instrument.
2. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
3. Prepare for a military confrontation.
4. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
5. No longer frozen solid.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. Step on it.
8. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. Made of fir or pine.
11. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
12. The second largest city in Tunisia.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
22. With rapid movements.
26. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
27. A quantity of no importance.
29. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
30. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
31. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. A Russian river.
37. 1 species.
38. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
40. A genus of bee.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
46. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
49. A telegram sent abroad.
50. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
52. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
54. The template for protein synthesis.
55. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
62. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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