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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
7. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
11. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
12. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
13. By bad luck.
14. The mother of your father or mother.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A large fleet.
20. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A Mid-Atlantic state.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
44. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
46. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
48. A French abbot.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
53. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
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1. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
2. A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
5. Offering fun and gaiety.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. A native-born Israeli.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. An informal term for a father.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. 1/10 gram.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Very dark black.
37. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
38. 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. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A master's degree in business.
45. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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