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1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A state in New England.
24. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
27. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
30. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. Informal terms for a mother.
41. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
44. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
51. A tight-fitting headdress.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
3. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. One millionth of a gram.
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.
19. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A Russian river.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. The sixth month of the civil year.
45. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Enlarged prostate.
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