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1. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
4. A disorderly crowd of people.
10. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
14. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
17. Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
18. An accountant certified by the state.
19. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
21. A partially opened flower.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
30. Refrain from voting.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
39. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
42. A native of ancient Troy.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
50. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
54. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
55. Fiddler crabs.
57. A Loloish language.
58. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Vietnamese New Year.
63. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
64. Jordan's port.
65. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
3. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
7. Narrow French stick loaf.
8. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
9. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
10. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
11. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
20. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. Lie adjacent to another.
27. A small island.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
38. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
41. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
43. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
44. A city in northeastern Ohio.
45. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
48. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
52. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
53. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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