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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. A Loloish language.
11. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
15. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
17. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
18. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
21. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
30. Mix up or confuse.
32. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
34. Being ten more than fifty.
35. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. Noisy talk.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
46. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
49. Black tropical American cuckoo.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. Pulled or drawn tight.
52. The force of workers available.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
55. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
2. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
3. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. Capable of wounding.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. In bed.
23. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
24. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
31. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
37. A state in New England.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
48. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
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