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1. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
4. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
10. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
18. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
20. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
22. Lower in esteem.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
38. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
39. A state in northwestern North America.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. Not easy.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. Situated at or extending to the side.
49. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
50. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
58. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
60. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
61. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. Someone who operates a barge.
65. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
66. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
67. Used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns.
68. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
4. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
8. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
9. The act of escaping physically.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. By bad luck.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
31. A deep prolonged loud noise.
32. A genus of Mustelidae.
33. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
40. A festival featuring African-American culture.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
47. Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing.
48. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
51. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
53. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
55. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
57. Make anew.
59. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
64. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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