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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Jordan's port.
10. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
13. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
14. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
18. Inquire about.
19. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
21. Greek mythology.
23. A city in northern India.
26. 32nd President of the United States.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
34. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
36. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
38. The cry made by sheep.
39. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
41. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
42. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
43. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
45. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
51. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. A motley assortment of things.
59. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
60. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
62. The residue that remains when something is burned.
63. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
65. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
4. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
5. Before noon.
6. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
7. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
8. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
12. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
20. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
22. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
25. Wood of a sumac.
27. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
28. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A boy or man.
35. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
40. Act in a way that attracts attention.
41. Before noon.
42. Toward the mouth or oral region.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. God of wealth and love.
47. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
48. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
49. Lower in esteem.
50. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The habitation of wild animals.
54. A long fixed look.
55. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
58. A flexible container with a single opening.
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