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1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Employed in accomplishing something.
8. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
11. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
12. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. A bachelor's degree in music.
16. An honorary degree in science.
17. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
26. A bachelor's degree in religion.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. A motley assortment of things.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
54. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. Untie or unfasten.
5. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
6. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
7. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
19. Flesh of large European flatfish.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Any of various units of capacity.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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