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1. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
4. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
14. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
16. The basic unit of money in Iran.
18. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
19. A university in Connecticut.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A strongbox for holding cash.
23. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. A large number or amount.
30. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
34. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
36. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
39. One million periods per second.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. A British doctorate.
48. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
51. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
55. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
58. Divisible by two.
59. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
60. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
62. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
63. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
64. Any plant of the genus Erica.
65. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
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1. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. Jordan's port.
4. One thousand grams.
5. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Walks with regular or stately step.
8. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
9. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
10. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
11. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
12. A stock exchange in New York.
17. Immature of its kind.
22. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
28. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
29. Singing jazz.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
33. Obvious and dull.
35. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. Gull family.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
44. Of or relating to apnea.
45. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938).
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. The content of cognition.
50. A wound made by cutting.
52. Type genus of the Nepidae.
53. Any of various small biting flies.
56. The month following March and preceding May.
57. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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