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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. American dramatist (1928- ).
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
15. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
18. Your general store of remembered information.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
23. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
25. Russian country house.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
32. Beside one another in a row or rank.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A person forced to flee from home or country.
37. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
39. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
41. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. The sign language used in the United States.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A large fleet.
54. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. Framework for holding objects.
59. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
61. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
62. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
63. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A notice of someone's death.
3. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
4. Inability to walk.
5. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
6. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
7. 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.
8. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
9. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
10. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
11. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
17. One thousandth of a second.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. A neutral middle vowel.
24. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
26. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
27. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
34. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
35. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. A notable achievement.
40. A French abbot.
44. A protective structure resembling a scale.
45. Noisy talk.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
48. Having been read.
49. Produced by a manufacturing process.
50. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
51. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A Loloish language.
56. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
57. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
60. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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