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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
10. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
18. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
19. A deep bow.
22. A person who captures and holds people or animals.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
29. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
36. A master's degree in education.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
44. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea.
55. God of love and erotic desire.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
59. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
60. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
63. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
64. (British) Informal term for information.
65. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
66. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
5. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
6. Late time of life.
7. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
8. Situated at an apex.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
11. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
12. A person who acts and gets things done.
20. A city in northern India.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
28. Make anew.
30. The basic unit of money in Peru.
31. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
39. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river.
42. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
43. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. 1 species.
50. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
53. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
54. God of the Underworld.
57. Used of a single unit or thing.
58. An awkward stupid person.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A person forced to flee from home or country.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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