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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
10. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
13. Noisy talk.
14. Established irrevocably.
15. A humming noise.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
20. English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992).
22. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
24. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
31. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
34. The event of dying or departure from life.
37. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
38. The airforce of Great Britain.
40. Cause annoyance in.
41. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
46. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
56. American novelist (1909-1955).
59. A kiln for drying hops.
60. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. Being two identical.
63. The month following February and preceding April.
64. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
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1. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
4. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
5. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
6. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. God of the earth.
9. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
10. A sudden desire.
11. Tall hat.
12. Slanderous defamation.
17. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
19. Someone who nudges.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
28. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
30. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
32. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Considerate and solicitous care.
36. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
39. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
40. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
42. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
50. A city in northern India.
51. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
52. A wound made by cutting.
53. The first light of day.
54. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
55. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
57. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
58. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
61. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
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