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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. God of the underworld.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
17. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
18. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
19. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
21. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A baby bed with sides and rockers.
39. Fiddler crabs.
40. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
42. Lower in esteem.
44. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
46. A master's degree in education.
47. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
51. Jordan's port.
53. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
55. Source of a tough elastic wood.
59. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
64. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
65. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. An evil spirit.
5. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
6. The act of scanning.
7. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
8. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
9. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. An informal term for a father.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. The last (12th) month of the year.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Any plant of the genus Erica.
33. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
34. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
35. (archaic) A fitting reward.
38. A motley assortment of things.
41. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
45. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
48. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
49. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
52. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. A bitter quarrel between two parties.
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
57. Most important element.
58. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
60. The first month of the year.
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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