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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
15. A public promotion of some product or service.
16. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
23. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
24. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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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. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. Concerned with religion or religious purposes.
8. (of animals) Fully developed.
9. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
10. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. A state in the western United States.
20. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
32. Armor plate that protects the chest.
33. A vigorous blow.
34. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
35. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
40. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
41. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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