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1. The month following March and preceding May.
4. A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
10. An associate degree in applied science.
13. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
14. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
15. Considerate and solicitous care.
16. An awkward stupid person.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A local computer network for communication between computers.
25. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
35. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
41. Any plant of the genus Erica.
42. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
46. A master's degree in fine arts.
47. Jordan's port.
48. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
53. Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled.
57. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
58. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
59. The wood of an African obeche tree.
60. A periodic paperback publication.
61. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
62. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
63. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
2. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
3. A prescription drug that is provided again.
4. Not victorious.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
8. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
9. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
10. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
11. Of or being the lowest female voice.
12. The act of scanning.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
26. Fiddler crabs.
27. An enclosed space.
28. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
37. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. Extremely pleasing.
40. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
44. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
51. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
56. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
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