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1. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. Fallow deer.
14. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
18. Marked by blithe unconcern.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. The sacred city of Lamaism.
30. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Being two more than fifty.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
48. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
50. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
51. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
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1. A genus of Falconidae.
2. Depressing in character or appearance.
3. Being nine more than ninety.
4. A Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian').
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
8. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
9. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
10. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A bachelor's degree in religion.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. Being one more than two.
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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