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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. The bill in a restaurant.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. Extremely pleasing.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. A resource.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. By bad luck.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
53. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
54. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
55. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
56. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
7. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. Two-year-old sheep.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. South African term for `boss'.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A sudden short attack.
42. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
45. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. Inquire about.
51. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
52. Unknown god.
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