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1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
9. Slightly open.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. American dramatist (1928- ).
15. A racing sled for one or two people.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
20. Of or relating to the heart.
23. Aromatic herb of southern Europe.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
27. A disreputable vagrant.
30. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
38. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. Before noon.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
61. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
62. A motley assortment of things.
64. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
65. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
66. Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.
67. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. God of love and erotic desire.
3. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
4. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
10. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. Have confidence or faith in.
17. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
19. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
21. A city in northern India.
22. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
25. The cry made by sheep.
28. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
29. (informal) Very tired.
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
33. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
39. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
41. Align anew or better.
42. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
44. A explosive device used to break down a gate or wall.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Any plant of the genus Erica.
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. Set down according to a plan.
54. An imperfection in a device or machine.
55. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
56. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
58. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
59. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
63. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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