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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
17. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
27. The capital of Croatia.
29. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. A light touch or stroke.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. On or toward the lee.
48. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
49. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
51. A small piece of cloth.
52. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
54. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
5. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
6. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
7. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
15. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
20. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
21. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. A master's degree in fine arts.
36. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
37. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. Serving as or forming a base.
43. The month following July and preceding September.
44. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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