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1. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
4. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A noisy riotous fight.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. A Mid-Atlantic state.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
26. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
28. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
34. Divulge information or secrets.
37. (Judaism) A candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A contorted facial expression.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
48. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
51. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
52. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
56. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
61. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
63. British informal term.
64. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
65. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
66. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. Given or having a specified name.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. A master's degree in library science.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
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 small cake leavened with yeast.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
30. (Irish) The sea personified.
31. A small nail.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
40. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
42. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
53. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
54. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
55. One who works hard at boring tasks.
57. A pass between mountain peaks.
58. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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