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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Not only so, but.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
16. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
23. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. Jordan's port.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
31. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
47. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
49. Be seated.
50. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
5. Related on the mother's side.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
18. A light touch or stroke.
20. Reach a destination.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
25. Unknown god.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
35. Make less active or intense.
37. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
44. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
48. A state in New England.
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