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Across

  • 1. a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines
  • 4. the compass point that is one point east of due south
  • 7. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
  • 10. an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
  • 12. a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
  • 13. concerned with practical matters
  • 15. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
  • 16. a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
  • 17. the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • 18. the basic unit of money in Western Samoa
  • 21. an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
  • 22. the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
  • 23. run at a moderately swift pace
  • 26. excrete or discharge from the body
  • 27. a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
  • 28. the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
  • 30. the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
  • 31. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  • 35. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  • 36. cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
  • 37. to ___ degree or extent
  • 38. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
  • 39. (used as a combining form) recent or new

Down

  • 1. one species: glade mallow
  • 2. English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002)
  • 3. the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
  • 4. what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
  • 5. a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
  • 6. the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
  • 7. a group of hunting animals
  • 8. relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
  • 9. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
  • 11. title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
  • 14. a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots
  • 18. an adherent of any branch of ___ism
  • 19. black tropical American cuckoo
  • 20. a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
  • 23. of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter
  • 24. disinclined to work or exertion
  • 25. be used or required for
  • 26. a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs
  • 28. an opening time period
  • 29. be obedient to
  • 30. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
  • 31. an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
  • 32. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • 33. an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
  • 34. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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