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1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
5. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
10. Any of various units of capacity.
13. A university in Connecticut.
14. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
18. Perversely irritable.
20. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.
22. A narrow way or road.
23. Lower in esteem.
26. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
29. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
36. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
40. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
41. The act of scanning.
42. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
43. First in order of importance.
45. Make less active or intense.
47. A large fleet.
51. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. A Hindu prince or king in India.
59. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
60. 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.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. The longest division of geological time.
64. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. An associate degree in nursing.
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1. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
2. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
3. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
4. A boy or man.
5. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
6. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
8. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
9. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
12. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. (football) Defensive players try to break through the offensive line.
21. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
24. The square of a body of any size of type.
25. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. An informal term for a father.
31. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. Drawn into the lungs.
38. Before noon.
39. A light touch or stroke.
44. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
46. 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. Not widely known.
49. Type genus of the Majidae.
50. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. Very dark black.
54. Type genus of the Ranidae.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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