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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
16. A master's degree in business.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit.
26. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
29. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
41. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Black tropical American cuckoo.
46. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A city in northern India.
51. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
5. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
6. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
7. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A state in the western United States.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
22. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A Russian river.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
33. Genus of African timber trees.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Offering fun and gaiety.
38. Characteristic of false pride.
39. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
43. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
44. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
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