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1. A humorous play on words.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. Former measure of the US economy.
11. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
13. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
14. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
16. A bachelor's degree in religion.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. In a foreign country.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Material used to daub walls.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
2. An instinctive motive.
3. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
4. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
6. Before noon.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
9. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
15. Take in solid food.
17. An informal term for a father.
21. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. God of death.
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Advanced in years.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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