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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Extremely pleasing.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
13. A strong emotion.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
26. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
31. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
40. A master's degree in library science.
42. A resource.
45. Any of various small biting flies.
46. Being one more than two.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Being here now.
49. Of southern Europe.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. The compass point midway between south and west.
5. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
18. Unknown god.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
34. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
37. 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.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
41. A small drink.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. A light touch or stroke.
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