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1. A partially opened flower.
4. Satisfy (thirst).
9. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
15. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. Covered with paving material.
19. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
21. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
24. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
28. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
32. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Avatar of Vishnu.
41. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
48. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
51. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
52. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
53. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
60. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
61. The habitation of wild animals.
62. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
63. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
8. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
9. At surface level.
10. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
11. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
18. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
20. A state in northwestern North America.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
23. Before noon.
25. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
26. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
29. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
30. A decree that prohibits something.
31. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
36. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Informal terms for urination.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. A bachelor's degree in religion.
44. A Bantu language closely related to Zulu.
45. An extreme state of adversity.
46. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
47. The woody part of plants.
49. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
50. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
54. How long something has existed.
55. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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