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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
10. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. Humorously vulgar.
15. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
16. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
17. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
19. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
21. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
28. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
36. Someone who cooks food.
37. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
38. A white trivalent metallic element.
40. Noisy talk.
44. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Being six more than fifty.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. The seventh month of the civil year.
58. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
62. (informal) Of the highest quality.
63. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
65. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
66. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
3. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
11. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
12. Two items of the same kind.
18. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
20. The highest level or degree attainable.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. A radioactive transuranic element.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An associate degree in applied science.
29. A shaped mass of baked bread.
30. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
31. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
34. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. Being derived from.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. 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.
54. A primeval personification of air and breath.
55. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
57. Tag the base runner to get him out.
59. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
60. A light touch or stroke.
64. Informal terms for a mother.
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