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1. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
16. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
18. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
19. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
21. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
52. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
53. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
54. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
2. Advanced in years.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
5. How long something has existed.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
22. A bachelor's degree in religion.
24. Being nine more than forty.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. In addition.
38. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
42. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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