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1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
10. A humorous anecdote or remark.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
21. Tag the base runner to get him out.
22. Not easy.
23. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
25. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
26. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. Advanced in years.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
40. The month following July and preceding September.
41. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
43. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
57. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
61. The bill in a restaurant.
62. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
64. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
65. Lacking self-confidence.
66. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
67. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. Lower in esteem.
5. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
6. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
7. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
8. Jordan's port.
9. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
12. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
18. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. A city in northern India.
28. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
34. A small piece of cloth.
37. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
39. An informal term for a father.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
46. Wood of a sumac.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
49. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
50. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
51. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
54. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
55. God of death.
58. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
59. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
63. A radioactive transuranic element.
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