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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The unit of frequency.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
14. Singing jazz.
16. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
21. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
24. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. Jordan's port.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. Informal terms for a mother.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
48. Before noon.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
55. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
6. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
9. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
10. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
15. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. A deep bow.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. A decree that prohibits something.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
33. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
42. A Russian river.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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