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1. Sleep in a convenient place.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. Very fertile.
13. Pasta shaped like pearls of barley.
14. Hit hard.
15. A primeval personification of air and breath.
16. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
17. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
18. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
24. Singing jazz.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. Tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber.
32. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
35. A large number or amount.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
45. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
47. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. City in Sudan.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. Largest known toad species.
61. A humorous anecdote or remark.
62. A river in western Asia.
64. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
65. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
66. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
67. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording.
2. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
3. United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970).
4. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
5. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
12. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
20. A large number or amount.
22. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
33. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
34. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
41. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
43. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
48. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
49. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
53. A fit of shivering.
54. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
55. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
57. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
58. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
59. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
60. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
63. Before noon.
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