ACROSS
1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
16. The habitation of wild animals.
17. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
18. The cry made by sheep.
20. A doctor's degree in religion.
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. A large bonnet that shades the face.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
33. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
34. A deep bow.
38. Lower in esteem.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. God of love and erotic desire.
48. The airforce of Great Britain.
51. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
52. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
10. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
22. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
23. God of wealth and love.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
30. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
40. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Before noon.
49. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
50. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
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