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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A thin strip (wood or metal).
8. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
14. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
21. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
22. 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.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
30. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Extremely pleasing.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
49. A fraudulent business scheme.
50. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
52. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
53. A doctor's degree in education.
54. Being nine more than ninety.
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DOWN
1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
3. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
4. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
6. By bad luck.
7. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
8. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
9. Sour or bitter in taste.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
20. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
25. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
37. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
39. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
40. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
41. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
48. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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