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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra.
10. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
13. A police officer who investigates crimes.
14. Move out of a curled position.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
18. A master's degree in business.
19. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
21. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
22. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
24. Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. British informal term.
33. Attribute to a source or cause.
37. Being one more than two.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. Not only so, but.
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. Squash bugs.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
58. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
60. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
61. The residue that remains when something is burned.
62. Wool of the alpaca.
63. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A city in northwestern Iran.
5. Become one.
6. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
7. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
8. The father of your father or mother.
9. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
10. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
27. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
31. Using speech rather than writing.
32. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
36. A cruel and brutal fellow.
39. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
41. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
42. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
48. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
51. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
52. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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