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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
11. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
12. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
14. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
16. Either extremity of something that has length.
17. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Noisy quarrel.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
30. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
31. Not in operation or operational.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. 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.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
48. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
51. (informal) Of the highest quality.
52. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Offering fun and gaiety.
8. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
9. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
10. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
20. A flexible container with a single opening.
22. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
36. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. Set down according to a plan.
40. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
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