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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
8. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
11. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
12. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
13. How long something has existed.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. By bad luck.
19. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. (informal) Of the highest quality.
29. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. An informal term for a father.
37. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. A resource.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. A boy or man.
46. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
47. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
6. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. A city in northern India.
10. Not only so, but.
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. At or constituting a border or edge.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
26. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
30. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
31. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A doctor's degree in education.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
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