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1. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
10. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
13. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
14. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
18. A decree that prohibits something.
20. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
22. (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
24. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
26. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
32. God of death.
33. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
36. The sixth month of the civil year.
37. Device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Unknown god.
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. At full speed.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. (botany) Especially of leaves.
57. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
59. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
60. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
61. Obvious and dull.
64. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
65. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
66. Jordan's port.
67. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
2. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
3. A European river.
4. A statute in draft before it becomes law.
5. Before noon.
6. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. Read or interpret wrongly.
11. By bad luck.
12. The center of an object.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
19. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
21. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
23. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
25. 32nd President of the United States.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
30. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
31. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
46. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
48. A genus of Lamnidae.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
51. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
54. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
55. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
56. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A state in northwestern North America.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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