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1. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
5. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. Be obedient to.
14. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
17. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
18. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
38. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
44. Follower of Rastafarianism.
45. Related on the mother's side.
49. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
52. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
57. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
60. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
61. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
62. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
63. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
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1. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
2. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
3. Witnessed at first hand.
4. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
5. Lower in esteem.
6. A small piece of cloth.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. Type genus of the Ranidae.
9. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. A French abbot.
22. A decree that prohibits something.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. Very dark black.
27. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
32. Tag the base runner to get him out.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
39. Declare invalid.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
43. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
46. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
47. Excluded from use or mention.
48. Fill with high spirits.
50. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
51. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
54. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
55. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
58. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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