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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Largest known toad species.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
23. A fraudulent business scheme.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
29. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. (Irish) The sea personified.
43. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
44. Being one more than two.
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
47. A decree that prohibits something.
48. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Jordan's port.
5. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
6. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Among the largest bony fish.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
18. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
19. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Before noon.
28. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
31. Softly bright or radiant.
32. Any plant of the genus Erica.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
35. In bed.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Characteristic of false pride.
38. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
40. A person's brother or sister.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
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