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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
10. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
14. United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959).
15. An informal term for a father.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.
19. The basic unit of money in Nicaragua.
24. Of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder).
28. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
32. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
34. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Filled with fear or apprehension.
40. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
43. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
44. A quantity that is added.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae.
50. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
54. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
58. Used of a single unit or thing.
59. A port city in southwestern Iran.
61. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
62. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
63. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
64. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
5. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
6. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
7. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
8. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
9. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
21. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
25. A Hindu theistic philosophy.
26. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
27. Being nine more than forty.
29. A branch of the Tai languages.
30. Type genus of the Amiidae.
31. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
33. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
38. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
39. Having been read.
41. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
42. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. A member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico.
48. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
49. An informal term for a father.
51. A genus of Mustelidae.
52. Chief port of Yemen.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
55. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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