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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
9. An informal term for a father.
13. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
17. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. (combining form) Former.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The sixth month of the civil year.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
40. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
43. Adopted in order to deceive.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
48. Of or in or relating to the nose.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. Not only so, but.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. A city in northern India.
61. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
63. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
64. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
65. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
66. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
2. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots.
3. A town in north central Oklahoma.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. How long something has existed.
7. Painful from having the skin abraded.
8. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
9. 10 grams.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Unknown god.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Avatar of Vishnu.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. A small island.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. Filled with vapor.
42. An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
50. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
52. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
55. Indicating the most important performer or role.
56. Common Indian weaverbird.
57. Hit hard.
59. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
60. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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