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1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
14. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. The location of something surrounded by other things.
18. A special loved one.
20. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
23. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
25. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
30. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
39. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
43. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
45. Jordan's port.
48. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
49. A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
58. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
62. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
65. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
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1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. An awkward stupid person.
7. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
8. Having help.
9. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. An agenda of things to do.
11. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
12. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
17. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
19. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
21. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
22. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. A city in northern India.
32. South African term for `boss'.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A French abbot.
40. The act of scanning.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
42. Lie adjacent to another.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
51. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
52. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
53. The highest level or degree attainable.
55. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. Informal terms for a mother.
61. Before noon.
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