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1. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
5. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
8. Inquire about.
11. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
15. 10 grams.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
23. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
30. An informal conversation.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A boy or man.
35. A state in southeastern United States.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
50. A master's degree in business.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. Jordan's port.
3. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
4. An enclosed space.
5. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
6. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
7. 10 grams.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
21. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. A slight amount or degree of difference.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
37. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. South African term for `boss'.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
47. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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