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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A bachelor's degree in science.
7. South African term for `boss'.
11. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. A city in northern India.
14. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
16. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. Jordan's port.
19. A master's degree in fine arts.
21. A state in New England.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. An awkward stupid person.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
51. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
54. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
2. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
3. A Russian river.
4. The square of a body of any size of type.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
6. A fraudulent business scheme.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
10. The general activity of selling.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
20. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. A bachelor's degree in theology.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. Being nine more than ninety.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
39. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. Set down according to a plan.
42. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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