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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Bring an accusation against.
10. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. Involving or constituting a cause.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
18. Lacking excess flesh.
20. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
22. Advance evidence for.
24. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
27. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
30. A person of subnormal intelligence.
34. Pale gray.
35. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
38. An accountant certified by the state.
39. Being one more than six.
40. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
42. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Love intensely.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A meeting of spiritualists.
57. A motley assortment of things.
60. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
61. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
63. Being one more than fifteen.
64. The cry made by sheep.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. On or toward the lee.
3. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
7. 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.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
10. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. Give over.
17. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
23. Soft creamy white cheese.
25. The father of your father or mother.
28. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
29. The bill in a restaurant.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
32. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
43. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
45. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
48. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Largest known toad species.
54. Immediately following in time or order.
55. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
56. A town in north central Oklahoma.
58. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. Conforming to truth.
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