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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
10. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
13. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
14. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
18. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
19. Select as an alternative.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
22. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
26. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
27. Considerate and solicitous care.
29. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
33. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
41. A deep bow.
44. A resident of Kansas.
46. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
53. A small piece of cloth.
55. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
60. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
61. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
62. The fatty flesh of eel.
63. The cry made by sheep.
64. In great numbers.
65. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
2. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
3. Moving quickly and lightly.
4. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
5. A Russian river.
6. The money risked on a gamble.
7. Of or relating to a clone.
8. A resource.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
12. Tie again or anew.
17. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
23. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
30. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. Before noon.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
40. Enchanter's nightshade.
41. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
42. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
43. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
45. The month following March and preceding May.
47. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
54. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
58. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
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