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1. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
4. Wildly disordered.
10. The sign language used in the United States.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. Prepared by cutting.
18. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
25. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
36. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
37. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
38. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
55. English monk and scholar (672-735).
59. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
60. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
61. Big-eyed scad.
62. British informal term.
63. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
64. Appeal or request earnestly.
65. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. One of the common people.
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A form of address for a married woman.
5. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
6. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
7. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
8. A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
9. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
20. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
22. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
28. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
31. Make secure by lashing.
32. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
33. A primeval personification of air and breath.
35. Give over.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Cut off the testicles.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
53. The face of a timepiece.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Of southern Europe.
57. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
58. The cry made by sheep.
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