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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. Botfly larva.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
15. Money in the form of bills or coins.
16. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. A genus of Indriidae.
21. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
23. Look at with amorous intentions.
26. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
36. An informal term for a father.
38. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
44. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
47. English essayist (1775-1834).
48. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
6. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
9. An endorsement.
10. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
24. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Of or like a cecum.
29. Everyone except the clergy.
30. Small very thin pancake.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Black tropical American cuckoo.
41. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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