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1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
9. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
13. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
14. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
15. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
16. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
17. A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men.
18. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
19. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
21. Imperial moths.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
40. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
43. Enthusiastic approval.
44. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
47. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. A fastener for a door or lid.
51. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
55. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
60. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
61. A master's degree in fine arts.
62. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
63. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
64. A unit of pressure.
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1. A very light brown.
2. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
3. An honorary arts degree.
4. A cruel and brutal fellow.
5. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
6. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
7. The bill in a restaurant.
8. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
11. An instinctive motive.
12. Opinion or judgment.
20. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
29. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
30. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
31. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. The smallest of the Great Lakes.
39. The bill in a restaurant.
41. Foul with waste matter.
42. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
45. Type genus of the Phocidae.
46. A drama set to music.
48. In bed.
49. A state in north central United States.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. God of love and erotic desire.
53. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
54. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
56. A federally chartered savings bank.
57. A light touch or stroke.
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