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1. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
4. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
9. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
13. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
14. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
15. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
18. A human limb.
19. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
20. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
27. Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
29. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
32. Tag the base runner to get him out.
33. The capital of Nationalist China.
34. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
38. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
39. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
41. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
42. An affirmative.
44. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
55. Covered with paving material.
58. Wool of the alpaca.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. Lower in esteem.
62. A trivial lie.
63. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
66. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
4. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
7. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
8. A city in southeastern South Korea.
9. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
10. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
11. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
12. Free from dirt or impurities.
17. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
21. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
23. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. Range of what one can know or understand.
37. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
41. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
47. Squash bugs.
48. Indigo bush.
50. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
52. (British slang) Cafe.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
57. An associate degree in applied science.
58. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
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