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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
14. An affirmative.
15. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A genus of Platalea.
23. So scary as to cause chills and shudders.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
43. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. (informal) Exceptionally good.
48. Type genus of the Suidae.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
5. 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.
6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
9. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. 35th President of the United States.
21. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
22. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
29. A motley assortment of things.
30. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
35. A vigorous blow.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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