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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
26. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
28. Any plant of the genus Erica.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
38. The act of scanning.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
47. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A local computer network for communication between computers.
53. A long-playing phonograph record.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
3. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
7. A salt of any halogen acid.
8. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
9. Fallow deer.
10. Toward the mouth or oral region.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. A son who has the same first name as his father.
27. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
29. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. A drama set to music.
37. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
39. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
40. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A city of central China.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
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