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1. Informal terms for clothing.
5. Jordan's port.
10. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
13. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
14. Bar temporarily.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. A human female who does housework.
17. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
19. A warning against certain acts.
21. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
23. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
36. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
38. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
39. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
43. A Loloish language.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. A young woman making her debut into society.
48. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
49. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
50. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
52. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
56. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
59. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. Seed of a pea plant.
63. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
65. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
66. The bill in a restaurant.
67. Humorously vulgar.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
2. Goddess of dawn.
3. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
4. Characterized by absence of emotional agitation.
5. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
6. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. Being one more than seven.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. Late time of life.
20. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
31. An inlaid furniture decoration.
32. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
34. Liveliness and energy.
35. Be obedient to.
37. The capital of Morocco.
40. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
43. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
44. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
45. Being one more than seven.
47. Regional and archaic.
51. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
52. A state in the eastern United States.
53. Made of fir or pine.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. God of love and erotic desire.
57. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
58. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
60. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. An expression of greeting.
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