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1. The last (12th) month of the year.
4. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
16. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
20. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A native of ancient Troy.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. An awkward stupid person.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
51. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
52. Extremely pleasing.
53. The face of a timepiece.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
7. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
8. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
18. An enclosed space.
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. Tag the base runner to get him out.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. A radioactive transuranic element.
50. A doctor's degree in religion.
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