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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
10. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
13. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
14. The person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment.
15. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
16. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
19. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
20. Common Indian weaverbird.
22. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
24. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Two items of the same kind.
34. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
37. Step on it.
38. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
39. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
40. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A Mid-Atlantic state.
46. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
53. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
56. A genus of Scolopacidae.
59. A branch of the Tai languages.
60. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
61. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
64. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
65. Take in solid food.
66. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
67. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. Distant in either space or time.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Lacking in light.
7. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
8. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
9. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
10. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
11. A Russian river.
12. The act of scanning.
17. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. An informal term for a father.
25. Being nine more than ninety.
27. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
28. Again but in a new or different way.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
32. In bed.
33. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
35. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. Of or relating to or near the nares.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat.
49. Lower in esteem.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. The capital of Western Samoa.
52. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
54. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
55. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
57. A resource.
58. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
62. An uproarious party.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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