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1. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
5. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
9. Waterproofed canvas.
13. Gather, as of as crops.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
16. An elaborate song for solo voice.
17. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
18. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
19. Deprive of by deceit.
21. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
23. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
25. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
40. A domain in which something is dominant.
42. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
50. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
53. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. Be or do something to a greater degree.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. (informal) Of very poor quality.
63. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
65. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
66. The capital and largest city of Japan.
67. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Toward the mouth or oral region.
2. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
3. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
4. A momentary flash of light.
5. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.
6. A student who studies excessively.
7. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
8. Jordan's port.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. The basic unit of money in Iran.
12. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
20. An associate degree in applied science.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
31. Perceive sound.
32. A quantity of no importance.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
41. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
43. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. A state in north central United States.
47. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
48. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
51. Praise, glorify, or honor.
52. Of or relating to near the ear.
54. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. An informal term for a father.
59. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
60. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
64. An associate degree in nursing.
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