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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
32. Jordan's port.
35. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. In bed.
53. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
54. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
55. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
56. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
2. A narrow way or road.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. Obvious and dull.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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