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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. 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.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
22. A fraudulent business scheme.
24. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
32. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. A deep bow.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
42. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
44. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
47. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
50. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
51. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
52. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
53. The seventh and last day of the week.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
5. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
6. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
7. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
10. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
18. Type genus of the family Pholadidae.
20. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. A pass between mountain peaks.
26. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
28. A New England state.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
33. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
35. Lower in esteem.
39. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
48. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
49. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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