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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
10. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
14. The first event in a series.
15. A boy or man.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. The way in which someone or something is composed.
21. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
23. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
25. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
33. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
35. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
37. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
38. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
40. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
46. English monk and scholar (672-735).
47. The sixth day of the week.
48. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
51. 16 ounces.
55. An early type of mandolin.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
64. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. Jordan's port.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
2. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
3. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
4. A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.
5. Type genus of the Upupidae.
6. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
7. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
11. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
20. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
22. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
27. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
32. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
39. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. In bed.
44. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
50. An unforeseen obstacle.
52. A small nail.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
54. A notable achievement.
56. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
57. The basic unit of money in Albania.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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