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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. Remove the pins from.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
18. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
19. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
21. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
23. An electrically charged particle.
26. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. A master's degree in fine arts.
34. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
37. British composer (1857-1934).
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A rapid bustling commotion.
45. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. (informal) Having or revealing stupidity.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
55. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
62. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
63. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
64. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
5. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
6. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
7. Being one more than two.
8. Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
9. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
10. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
11. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
12. The first light of day.
20. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. Any of various units of capacity.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
28. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
29. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
32. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
36. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
38. Characteristic of a baby.
39. Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
41. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
44. (Greek mythology) Wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Jordan's port.
49. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
54. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
56. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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