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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. An accountant certified by the state.
13. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Type genus of the Anatidae.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
26. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A state of southwestern India.
48. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
51. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
52. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
53. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
18. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. Being nine more than forty.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A telegram sent abroad.
36. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
37. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
38. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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