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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. Tag the base runner to get him out.
13. How long something has existed.
14. A resident of Utah.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. An agenda of things to do.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. Muslim name for God.
21. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
23. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
31. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
34. A person forced to flee from home or country.
35. With no effort to conceal.
36. A Mid-Atlantic state.
37. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
39. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
42. One species.
44. 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.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
53. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
56. An associate degree in applied science.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
61. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
63. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
64. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
65. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
2. Moving quickly and lightly.
3. Common black European thrush.
4. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
5. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
6. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
9. Used of a single unit or thing.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
11. A city in northern India.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Bound or secured closely.
24. (British abbreviation) "he accepted it on appro".
26. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. 36th President of the United States.
29. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
30. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
32. Towards the side away from the wind.
33. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
38. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
42. A city in northern India.
43. A river in Germany.
45. An inhabitant of Lappland.
47. A native-born Israeli.
49. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
50. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
51. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. Botfly larva.
62. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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