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1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. A stock exchange in New York.
8. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
16. Informal terms for a mother.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
29. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
31. A native of ancient Troy.
35. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Beside one another in a row or rank.
40. Being two more than fifty.
43. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
44. Extremely pleasing.
46. Of southern Europe.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. Slightly insane.
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1. A dyed fabric.
2. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
5. God of the Underworld.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
15. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
17. The cry made by sheep.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
28. 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).
30. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
32. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. In small tight curls.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. Being one more than two.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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