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1. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
4. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
10. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
15. British informal term.
16. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
18. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
21. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
29. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
33. Exactly vertical.
35. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
36. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
41. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. Calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords.
49. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
55. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
57. An informal term for a father.
59. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
60. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
61. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
63. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
64. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
65. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The closing section of a musical composition.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
4. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
7. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
8. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
9. Having a body or a body of a specified kind.
10. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
11. Not widely known.
12. The act of scanning.
17. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
22. A small nail.
24. Late time of life.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
28. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
30. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
31. Water frozen in the solid state.
32. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
34. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
38. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
39. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
40. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
42. A shade of blue tinged with green.
43. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
45. A genus of Ploceidae.
46. Lower in esteem.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
50. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
51. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
54. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
56. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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