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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
5. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Tropical Asian starlings.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A state in north central United States.
19. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
24. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
27. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
46. Any competition.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. A Loloish language.
52. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
54. Anything that serves as an enticement.
55. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
3. (British) Your grandmother.
4. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
5. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
6. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
20. At a previous time.
21. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
43. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
47. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Take in solid food.
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