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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A town in southwestern Idaho.
9. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
15. Avatar of Vishnu.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Coconut palms.
18. Slightly open.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A region in central Italy.
23. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. Causing fear or dread or terror.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A light touch or stroke.
37. A cooperative unit.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
49. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
59. An unforeseen obstacle.
60. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
64. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
65. Jordan's port.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
5. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
6. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
7. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
8. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
9. Noisy quarrel.
10. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
11. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
12. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
20. State in northeastern India.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
27. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
28. Lacking excess flesh.
30. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
38. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
40. A tributary of the Rio Grande.
44. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
45. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
46. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. The sixth month of the civil year.
51. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. The basic unit of money in Albania.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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