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1. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930).
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
18. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
19. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
20. A city on the Loire river in north central France.
23. God of fire.
26. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary.
28. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
31. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
35. An expression of greeting.
37. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
39. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
50. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
52. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
53. Jordan's port.
56. Any loose flowing garment.
57. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
58. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
60. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
61. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
62. Lean end of the neck.
63. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. State clearly.
4. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
5. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
6. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
7. A strong emotion.
8. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
9. A port in southwestern Scotland.
10. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
11. Speaking a Slavic language.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
21. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
22. United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930).
24. Informal terms for a mother.
25. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
37. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
38. Genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
44. Chromatic purity.
45. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
47. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A particular environment or walk of life.
51. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
54. The month following March and preceding May.
55. A flexible container with a single opening.
59. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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