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1. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
5. Affect with wonder.
10. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
13. A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record).
14. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
18. Tasting sour like a lemon.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
21. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
30. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
32. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. Follower of Rastafarianism.
39. Battle in 401 BC when the Persian King Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne.
43. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
44. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
47. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
49. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
53. Ground snakes.
58. The capital and largest city of Norway.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Having leadership guidance.
63. Witnessed at first hand.
64. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
3. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
4. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. The Finnic language spoken by the Komi people.
9. Take in solid food.
10. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
11. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
12. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
17. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
28. (Babylonian) The sky god.
29. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
31. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
34. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
36. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
37. A police officer who investigates crimes.
38. Inquire about.
40. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
41. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
45. (physical chemistry) A distinct state of matter in a system.
46. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
48. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
50. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
51. In bed.
52. An informal term for a father.
54. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
55. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
60. The square of a body of any size of type.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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