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1. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. A human limb.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
26. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
49. A fraudulent business scheme.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
52. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
53. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Toward the mouth or oral region.
3. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. A deep bow.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. A city in northern India.
19. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
20. 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.
21. Extremely pleasing.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A state in the eastern United States.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Very dark black.
37. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
38. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
39. God of love and erotic desire.
40. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
41. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
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