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1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
4. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
10. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged.
15. A strong emotion.
16. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. A state in midwestern United States.
19. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
21. A dense winter fog containing ice particles.
22. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
34. A race between teams.
39. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
40. A small foothold used in climbing.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
53. Divulge information or secrets.
58. The habitation of wild animals.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
62. Dearly loved.
63. By bad luck.
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1. A sudden very loud noise.
2. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
3. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
4. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
5. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. Australian moundbird.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A state in southeastern United States.
9. Not thin.
10. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
17. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
20. The cry made by sheep.
25. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
26. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
28. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
29. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
31. (Roman mythology) God of love.
32. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
33. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
35. A language group of the Hokan family.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A native-born Israeli.
45. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
48. A thin strip (wood or metal).
49. English writer (1925-1994).
50. The food served and eaten at one time.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
54. (informal) Roused to anger.
55. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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