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1. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
4. Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.
10. Of southern Europe.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
24. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. The basic unit of money in Romania.
31. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
38. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
44. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
51. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
57. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
59. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
61. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
62. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
63. Cut the head of.
65. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
66. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
2. An endorsement.
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
5. A state in the western United States.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
8. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
9. A native-born Israeli.
10. God of fire.
11. Singing jazz.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
17. Of or like a cecum.
21. A person forced to flee from home or country.
23. In bed.
25. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
26. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
32. Conforming to truth.
33. Look at with amorous intentions.
34. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
40. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
41. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Towards the side away from the wind.
46. Affected by or full of grief or woe.
47. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
48. Selected as the best.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
53. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
60. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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