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1. A city in northwestern Syria.
5. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
10. The compass point midway between west and southwest.
13. Stubbornly unyielding.
14. Lower in esteem.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
17. Type genus of the Majidae.
19. (informal) A stupid incompetent person.
21. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
25. The state of existing and being localized in space.
27. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. The sign language used in the United States.
32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
34. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
37. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
45. A light touch or stroke.
47. The termination of a relationship.
55. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
56. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Black tropical American cuckoo.
61. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
63. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
64. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
65. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
66. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
3. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
4. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
5. Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952).
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
8. Wild ginger.
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
11. A single splash.
12. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
18. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
20. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
24. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
26. Obvious and dull.
28. A person who makes use of a thing.
29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
33. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
35. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
36. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
38. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
39. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Jordan's port.
48. Type genus of the Ranidae.
49. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
50. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
53. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. Before noon.
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