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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
12. A Loloish language.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
15. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. A bachelor's degree in religion.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. Not only so, but.
27. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
35. An informal term for a father.
37. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
39. A licensed medical practitioner.
42. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
3. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. Jordan's port.
6. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
7. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
8. Among the largest bony fish.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A unit of pressure.
26. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
28. A native of ancient Troy.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
40. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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