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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A humorous anecdote or remark.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
17. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
18. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
20. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
25. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
27. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
28. Singing jazz.
30. Baby bed with high sides.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Adult female chicken.
48. A distinguished female operatic singer.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. A Russian river.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
7. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
8. Largest known toad species.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
10. Look at with amorous intentions.
15. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
31. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. In bed.
38. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
42. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
43. Used in combination to denote the middle.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. Before noon.
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