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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. God of the earth.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
12. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. A Mid-Atlantic state.
18. A deep bow.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Unknown god.
24. British informal term.
26. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
28. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
34. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
51. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
52. Seed of a pea plant.
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1. In bed.
2. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
3. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
4. By bad luck.
5. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. Behave in a certain manner.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Jordan's port.
20. 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.
22. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
25. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
27. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Any plant of the genus Erica.
36. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. South African term for `boss'.
39. Slightly wet.
40. A French abbot.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. The bill in a restaurant.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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