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1. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
4. Behave in a certain manner.
10. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
13. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
14. A motley assortment of things.
15. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
16. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
18. Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
20. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
22. Type genus of the Anatidae.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
28. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
29. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
32. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
39. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
40. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
43. A small drink of liquor.
45. The bill in a restaurant.
46. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Jordan's port.
52. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
55. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
60. A human limb.
61. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
63. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
64. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
65. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
66. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
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1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. Aroused to impatience or anger.
3. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
4. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. (zoology) Having freedom to move about.
9. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
10. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
11. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
12. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
17. Tropical Asian starlings.
19. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
21. Decreasing in amount or intensity.
25. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
26. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. English essayist (1775-1834).
33. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
34. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
35. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
38. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
41. The Creator.
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
44. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
47. Type genus of the Gavidae.
49. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
51. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945).
53. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
54. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
56. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
57. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. An associate degree in applied science.
62. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
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