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1. Marked by the reception of pay.
5. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
10. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
13. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
14. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
15. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. A subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances.
19. In bed.
20. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
23. An extreme state of adversity.
25. Cricket frogs.
26. A telegram sent abroad.
28. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. How long something has existed.
42. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. A woman of refinement.
52. The act of scanning.
53. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
54. South African term for `boss'.
58. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
60. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
63. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
64. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
65. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
67. A light touch or stroke.
68. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
69. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
70. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. To fix or set securely or deeply.
4. Of or relating to a dyad or based on two.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
7. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Being three more than forty.
10. The compass point that is one point west of northwest.
11. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
12. Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.
18. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
31. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Before noon.
46. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
49. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
50. Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS.
51. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
56. The sixth month of the civil year.
57. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
61. The sixth day of the week.
62. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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