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1. The seventh and last day of the week.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
10. The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
13. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
14. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. The month following July and preceding September.
17. Father of the storm gods Marut.
19. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
21. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
23. Being nine more than ninety.
25. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. A region in central Italy.
30. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
35. 1/10 gram.
37. A three-tone Chadic language.
38. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
40. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. By bad luck.
50. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
57. The sixth month of the civil year.
61. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
62. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.
63. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
64. On or toward the lee.
65. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
66. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
3. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
4. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
5. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
6. An honorary degree in science.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. A choice or delicious dish.
9. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
10. An industrial city is southeastern Austria.
11. Beyond what is natural.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. A Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts people in the San Joaquin valley.
20. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
22. 10 grams.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
28. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
32. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
33. Offering fun and gaiety.
36. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
39. A bachelor's degree in science.
41. The act of scanning.
44. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
46. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
47. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
51. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
52. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
54. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
58. A flexible container with a single opening.
59. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
60. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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