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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
19. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
20. A Mid-Atlantic state.
21. English monk and scholar (672-735).
24. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
42. Divulge information or secrets.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
51. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
52. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
10. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Any of various units of capacity.
28. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade.
37. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. The products of human creativity.
44. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
46. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. Being nine more than ninety.
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