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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A shade of blue tinged with green.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket.
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. A circular segment of a curve.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. In bed.
24. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
25. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
29. A Russian river.
32. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
33. Jordan's port.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Make amends for.
45. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
47. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
3. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
4. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
5. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
6. Lacking leadership.
7. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
20. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Covered with scabs.
31. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
39. A French abbot.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
43. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. Having leadership guidance.
46. Having leadership guidance.
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