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1. A French abbot.
5. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
8. Inquire about.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. A tight-fitting headdress.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
15. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
22. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. The airforce of Great Britain.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
46. Having leadership guidance.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
5. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
6. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. An advanced law degree.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
24. An enclosed space.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Before noon.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
37. In bed.
38. A quantity of no importance.
40. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
41. An honorary degree in science.
42. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
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