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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
5. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
10. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
14. Any plant of the genus Inula.
15. A small piece of cloth.
16. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
17. (Assyrian) God of fire and light.
18. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
21. Difficult or labored respiration.
23. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
24. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Posing no difficulty.
36. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. Blood-sucking African fly.
40. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
46. English film actress (1913-1967).
47. A branch of the Tai languages.
48. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
51. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
54. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
59. A resource.
60. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
62. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
2. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
3. Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
6. (Babylonian) The sky god.
7. A doctor's degree in music.
8. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
9. The state that precedes vomiting.
10. The father of your father or mother.
11. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
22. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
26. In bed.
27. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
29. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
30. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
32. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
33. Male red deer.
34. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. A region in central Italy.
39. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
45. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
49. Having made preparations.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
61. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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