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1. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
4. A motley assortment of things.
10. Inquire about.
13. Liquid excretory product.
14. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
18. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. A state in New England.
23. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
24. The brother of your father or mother.
26. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
28. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
35. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
46. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
48. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
51. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
55. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
56. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
59. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
60. A flexible container with a single opening.
61. In a softened tone.
62. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
63. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
64. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
65. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
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1. The brightest star in Virgo.
2. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
3. In a vehement outcry.
4. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Before noon.
6. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
7. (in Scotland) A child.
8. Used especially in treating bruises.
9. A humorous anecdote or remark.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
22. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
25. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
30. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
31. A quantity of no importance.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. Very dark black.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. A city in southeastern South Korea.
44. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
45. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
47. Any plant of the genus Erica.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
50. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
51. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
52. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
53. A telephone connection.
54. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
57. The fatty flesh of eel.
58. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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