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1. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
4. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
10. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
13. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
14. Someone who collects taxes for the government.
15. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
16. Bar temporarily.
18. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
20. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
21. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
23. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
24. Found along western Atlantic coast.
27. Especially one side of a leaf.
30. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
31. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
32. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
41. Surpass in speed.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
47. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
55. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
62. Produced by a manufacturing process.
63. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
64. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
65. A primeval personification of air and breath.
66. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A blind god.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
4. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
5. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
6. A residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia.
7. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
8. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
9. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
10. The beginning of anything.
11. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
12. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
17. The superior of a group of nuns.
19. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
22. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
35. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. The beginning of anything.
46. Filled with a great quantity.
48. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
49. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
51. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
58. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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