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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. A narrow way or road.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. A young woman making her debut into society.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. A large fleet.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
31. A city in northern India.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
37. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. Used of locations.
47. An accidental happening.
50. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
4. Having a gradual increase in width.
5. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
9. By bad luck.
10. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
22. The cry made by sheep.
25. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
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