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1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
16. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
17. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
18. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. A form of Japanese poetry.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
41. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
52. An associate degree in applied science.
53. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
55. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. An informal term for a father.
58. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. Highly excited.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. How long something has existed.
4. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
8. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
21. A radioactive transuranic element.
24. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A decree that prohibits something.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Before noon.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A Loloish language.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
38. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
39. How long something has existed.
42. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
45. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
46. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
50. Having leadership guidance.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
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