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1. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
7. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
11. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A sign of something about to happen.
14. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
15. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
25. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A light touch or stroke.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
46. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
48. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. A master's degree in education.
52. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
53. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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1. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. How long something has existed.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. A state of southwestern India.
8. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
9. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
10. Related on the mother's side.
16. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Extremely pleasing.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
29. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
31. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
32. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
47. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
49. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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