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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. 10 grams.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
14. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
16. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
27. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. Water frozen in the solid state.
35. How long something has existed.
36. An informal term for a father.
39. A Russian river.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
48. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
50. Not only so, but.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. A Loloish language.
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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. God of the underworld.
9. Sour or bitter in taste.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. Extremely pleasing.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
37. In bed.
38. Fallow deer.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. The basic unit of money in Albania.
49. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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