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1. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
5. A state in southeastern United States.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
12. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Suggestive of the supernatural.
25. An expression of greeting.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Sour or bitter in taste.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. A human limb.
42. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
43. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
46. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
47. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
48. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
4. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
8. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. Unknown god.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. A card game for 2 players.
32. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
33. Cause to ripen.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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