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1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
4. Of or relating to Libya or its people.
10. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
13. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
14. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. A can for storing tea.
21. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
29. The second largest city in Tunisia.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. Little known Kamarupan languages.
45. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
49. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
50. An ideal instance.
54. The conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation.
57. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. Water frozen in the solid state.
59. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
62. A notable achievement.
63. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
64. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
2. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
3. Of a quality, as in.
4. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
6. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
7. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
8. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
9. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
10. The closing section of a musical composition.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
17. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
22. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
24. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
28. God of the Underworld.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
33. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
36. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
37. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
38. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
39. Great merriment.
40. God of death.
43. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
44. Punished by the imposition of a penalty.
46. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. A quantity of no importance.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A three-year law degree.
57. A police officer who investigates crimes.
60. Being nine more than forty.
61. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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