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1. Colloquial British abbreviation.
5. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
13. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
15. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
16. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
17. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
18. Being three more than fifty.
19. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
35. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
39. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
53. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
54. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
60. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
63. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
64. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
65. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
66. The basic unit of money in China.
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1. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
2. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. The bill in a restaurant.
6. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
7. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
8. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
9. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
11. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
12. A share of something.
20. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
29. A light touch or stroke.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
37. Being one more than one hundred.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. The second largest city in Tunisia.
47. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
48. Divide by two. divide into halves.
50. Lower in esteem.
51. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
52. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
55. Being the only one.
56. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
57. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
58. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
59. A boy or man.
61. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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