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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
19. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
22. A flexible container with a single opening.
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
29. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. Of or relating to Fabianism.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A light touch or stroke.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
4. Before noon.
5. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
10. At or constituting a border or edge.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
20. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A Mid-Atlantic state.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
34. Follower of Rastafarianism.
35. Find repugnant.
36. Before noon.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
47. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
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