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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. Of a pale purple color.
17. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
24. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
25. The month following January and preceding March.
29. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object.
39. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
42. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
46. Extremely pleasing.
47. English monk and scholar (672-735).
48. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
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1. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
2. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
3. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A flexible container with a single opening.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
16. A light touch or stroke.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
27. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
28. An enclosed space.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
33. Grind together, of teeth.
34. A populous province in northeastern China.
35. Someone whose business is advertising.
37. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
41. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
44. A Russian river.
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