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1. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
5. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
10. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Lean end of the neck.
15. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Of a pale purple color.
18. Type genus of the Majidae.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
25. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
27. The bill in a restaurant.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. Sour or bitter in taste.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. The products of human creativity.
59. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
60. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
61. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
65. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
66. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
4. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
5. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
6. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
7. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
8. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
17. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
26. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
28. Advanced in years.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
33. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
34. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
36. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. United States singer and film actress (1922-1969).
41. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
44. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
51. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
52. With no effort to conceal.
53. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. One millionth of a gram.
57. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
58. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
62. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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