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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. A small wooded hollow.
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
15. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
38. A state in southeastern United States.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
49. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
5. (Irish) The sea personified.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A Hindu prince or king in India.
25. One thousand periods per second.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. In bed.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A doctor's degree in religion.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. Wearing or provided with clothing.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. The face of a timepiece.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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