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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
9. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
13. The residue that remains when something is burned.
14. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
15. A teeming multitude.
16. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
18. A region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.
20. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
21. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
22. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
26. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
28. Moderate or restrain.
31. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
38. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
39. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
41. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
43. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
45. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
54. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
55. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
57. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
58. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
59. Feel admiration for.
62. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
63. An audiotape recording of sound.
64. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
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1. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
2. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
3. Largest crested screamer.
4. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
5. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. Quietly in concealment.
8. A residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia.
9. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
10. The basic unit of money on Malta.
11. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
12. Of or relating to a fetus.
17. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
19. Mouselike jumping rodent.
23. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
32. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
38. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
40. (medical) A bandage consisting of a pad and belt.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
44. Wife of Balder.
46. Sour or bitter in taste.
47. Indigo bush.
48. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
49. A means of serving.
50. United States comedian.
53. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
54. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
56. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. A state in midwestern United States.
62. A state in midwestern United States.
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