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1. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
4. Brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets.
10. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
13. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
14. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
18. World's longest river (4187 miles).
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. Second brightest star in Perseus.
27. The act of scanning.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Being deficient in moisture.
34. A resource.
35. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. The closing section of a musical composition.
41. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia.
43. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
44. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
45. Avatar of Vishnu.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. A humorous anecdote or remark.
57. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
60. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
62. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
63. Taken or to be taken at random.
64. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
65. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A blind god.
2. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
3. Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927).
4. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Being one more than nine.
7. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
8. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
9. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
10. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
11. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
12. A three-tone Chadic language.
17. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. A drama set to music.
25. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
26. Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.
28. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
33. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
36. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
42. Leatherleaf ferns.
43. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
46. Affect with wonder.
47. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
49. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
51. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
52. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
53. A city of central China.
54. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
55. A French abbot.
58. An associate degree in applied science.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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