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1. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
4. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
13. A disease of poultry.
14. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
18. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
19. A bottle with a stopper.
21. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
26. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere.
27. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
30. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
31. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
32. Largest known toad species.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
37. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. English monk and scholar (672-735).
55. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
62. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
63. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
64. The opening of a subject to public discussion and debate.
66. (informal) Roused to anger.
67. The residue that remains when something is burned.
68. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
3. A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
4. (British slang) An unpleasant smell.
5. United by being of the same opinion.
6. Being one more than two.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
10. Call before a court to answer an indictment.
11. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
12. A genus of Ploceidae.
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
28. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
33. Relating to the Urdu language.
35. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. The cry made by sheep.
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. The event of dying or departure from life.
49. Type genus of the Gavidae.
50. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. An informal term for a father.
60. Step on it.
61. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
65. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
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