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1. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
5. Australian clover fern.
10. Not reflecting light.
13. Sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
14. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
15. Used of a single unit or thing.
16. One thousandth of a second.
17. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
19. A city of southeastern Mexico.
21. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
23. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. Type genus of the Phocidae.
27. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. A person to whom money is paid.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. An awkward stupid person.
46. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. An Asian river between China and Russia.
54. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
58. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
59. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
60. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
61. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
62. A grant made by a law court.
63. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
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1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
2. Type genus of the Musaceae.
3. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
10. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
11. Ludicrously odd.
12. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
18. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
28. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. Black tropical American cuckoo.
37. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
39. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
41. French composer (1818-1893).
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
47. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
48. Make an etching of.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
51. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A human female who does housework.
55. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
56. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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