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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
16. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. (Babylonian) The sky god.
18. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
22. A native of ancient Troy.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India.
29. Affect with wonder.
31. A Hindu prince or king in India.
32. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A tight-fitting headdress.
48. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
2. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
5. A light touch or stroke.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A motley assortment of things.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Long and thin and often limp.
10. Largest known toad species.
15. A woman of refinement.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
24. A decree that prohibits something.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. Type genus of the Percidae.
36. A French abbot.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. The highest level or degree attainable.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. A rapid bustling commotion.
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