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1. Black tropical American cuckoo.
4. Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls.
10. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
13. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
14. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
15. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Fiddler crabs.
17. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
19. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
21. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
23. A period of 10 years.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. Make less active or intense.
34. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. Being one more than forty.
44. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
46. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
50. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
54. The content of cognition.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
59. By bad luck.
60. A French abbot.
61. On or toward the lee.
62. Being nothing more than specified.
63. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
2. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
7. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
11. A sudden desire.
12. An island northwest of Wales.
18. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
22. The state of owing money.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
29. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
30. A Loloish language.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
41. A decree that prohibits something.
43. Lower in esteem.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. Not in action or at work.
48. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
49. 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.
51. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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