ACROSS
1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A quantity that is added.
9. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
13. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
14. A French abbot.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. In bed.
17. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
18. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
22. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
25. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. A Loloish language.
31. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
34. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
39. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
40. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
51. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
55. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
59. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. An edict of the Russian tsar.
62. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
63. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
64. Greek mythology.
65. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
4. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
5. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
8. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
9. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
10. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
23. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
28. An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.
29. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. An informal term for a father.
32. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. A light touch or stroke.
42. A native of ancient Troy.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. Lower in esteem.
47. Indigo bush.
48. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. A city in northern India.
52. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
53. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
54. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
56. Providing enjoyment.
57. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
58. A tight-fitting headdress.
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