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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
17. The sign language used in the United States.
19. State in northeastern India.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. An expression of greeting.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. Affect with wonder.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
44. Produced by a manufacturing process.
45. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
46. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
47. A primeval personification of air and breath.
48. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
49. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. The eleventh month of the civil year.
5. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. An honorary arts degree.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
31. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
32. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
33. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
35. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
36. Very dark black.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
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