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1. The muscular back part of the shank.
5. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A notice of someone's death.
15. A doctor's degree in education.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. Not reflecting light.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Jordan's port.
23. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
31. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
33. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
34. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. Set down according to a plan.
49. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
52. (informal) Roused to anger.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
2. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
4. The products of human creativity.
5. The content of cognition.
6. A genus of Ploceidae.
7. Not divisible by two.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. A Hindu prince or king in India.
25. 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).
28. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Informal terms for a mother.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Avatar of Vishnu.
42. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. A young woman making her debut into society.
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