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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. The cry made by sheep.
7. A French abbot.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. Set down according to a plan.
14. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
16. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
17. A motley assortment of things.
19. Half the width of an em.
20. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
22. The airforce of Great Britain.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. A Loloish language.
50. Having leadership guidance.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
2. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
8. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
9. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
10. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
15. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
41. In bed.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
45. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
46. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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