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1. (Roman mythology) God of love.
5. God of love and erotic desire.
9. In the Roman calendar.
13. Type genus of the Majidae.
14. A town in north central Oklahoma.
15. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
16. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
17. With no effort to conceal.
18. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. The capital of Turkey.
22. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
31. By bad luck.
35. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
36. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
39. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
41. A fee charged for the use of pipes.
42. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
43. An informal term for a father.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
46. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
51. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
59. Fiddler crabs.
60. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
62. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
63. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
2. A unit of weight used in Asia.
3. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
10. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
11. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
12. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
21. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
28. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
29. On or toward the lee.
30. A quantity of no importance.
32. Being two more than fifty.
33. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
45. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
52. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. Avatar of Vishnu.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
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