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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Enthusiastic approval.
10. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
14. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
17. The fatty flesh of eel.
19. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
21. A port city in southwestern Iran.
23. Of or relating to Fabianism.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
29. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. An accidental happening.
36. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
38. Fallow deer.
40. Take in solid food.
41. An active and efficient cause.
42. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
44. Long and light rowing boat.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
53. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
55. A large and hurried swallow.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
60. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
61. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
62. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
63. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
64. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
4. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
5. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
8. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
9. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
27. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
30. One thousandth of a second.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
34. Ludicrously odd.
35. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
37. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. The face or front of a building.
44. An informal term for a father.
46. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
47. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
48. Administer an oil or ointment to.
50. Controlling influence.
51. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
52. (prefix) Outside or outer.
54. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
56. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
57. The month following July and preceding September.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
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