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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. A human female who does housework.
14. The bill in a restaurant.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Flat and uninspiring.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
21. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
22. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
24. Jordan's port.
27. Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
33. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
39. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
41. An informal term for a father.
44. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
50. A humorous anecdote or remark.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
6. A small tasty bit of food.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
10. United States actor (born in Ireland).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Lower in esteem.
23. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
25. Unknown god.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
29. One million periods per second.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
43. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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