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1. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. The probability of a specified outcome.
8. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
11. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
12. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
16. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
17. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
18. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
20. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
22. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
24. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
25. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. The capital of Western Samoa.
43. British politician (1788-1850).
45. How long something has existed.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. A rapid bustling commotion.
48. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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1. State in northeastern India.
2. Affecting things past.
3. Sour or bitter in taste.
4. A doctor's degree in optometry.
5. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
6. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
7. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
8. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
9. A drama set to music.
10. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. An island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
28. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. The cry made by sheep.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
37. Any toad of the genus Bufo.
38. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
39. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
42. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
43. Preserve of crushed fruit.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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