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1. Leafless East Indian vine.
5. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
10. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. Of a pale purple color.
15. Gone by.
16. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
17. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
18. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
19. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
21. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
50. Characterized by variety.
54. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. To some (great or small) extent.
60. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
63. Dignified manner or conduct.
64. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
65. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. A large fleet.
5. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
6. The basic unit of money in Iran.
7. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
9. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
10. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
11. God of fire.
12. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
20. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
22. Jordan's port.
24. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. A French abbot.
28. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
38. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
40. A soft whitish calcite.
41. A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability.
42. God of fire.
43. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
46. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
47. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
48. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
49. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
51. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. An informal term for a father.
57. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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