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1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. The cry made by sheep.
15. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. The basic unit of money in Romania.
17. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
27. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
33. (informal) Exceptionally good.
36. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
39. Temporary living quarters.
40. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. A doctor's degree in music.
43. (British) Your grandmother.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. The basic unit of money in Iran.
3. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
4. Serving as or forming a base.
5. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
18. A state in northwestern North America.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
20. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
26. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
28. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
29. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
30. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
31. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
32. A genus of Laridae.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
36. Any high mountain.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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