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1. A French abbot.
5. Before noon.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A sudden short attack.
12. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
13. A tributary of the Rhine.
14. In bed.
15. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
20. A branch of the Tai languages.
22. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
28. Divulge information or secrets.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. A tight-fitting headdress.
37. A light touch or stroke.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. A telephone connection.
50. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
6. The basic unit of money in Finland.
7. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
19. An informal conversation.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
32. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
33. Greek mythology.
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
37. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
44. The airforce of Great Britain.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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