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1. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
4. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
10. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A port city in southwestern Iran.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
20. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
22. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
41. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
43. An ordered reference standard.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. The general activity of selling.
54. An accidental happening.
57. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
58. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
59. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. How long something has existed.
63. A republic in central Europe.
64. An honorary law degree.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
4. A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
5. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
6. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
11. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
12. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
17. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A person who makes use of a thing.
27. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
28. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. A young woman making her debut into society.
35. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
40. Fiddler crabs.
42. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
43. A doctor's degree in religion.
45. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
47. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
48. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
50. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
51. Fail to do something.
52. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. The sound made by a gentle blow.
56. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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