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1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
13. Type genus of the Anatidae.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
32. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
34. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
35. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
43. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. A container.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. Extremely pleasing.
51. Inquire about.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Seed of a pea plant.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A quantity that is added.
10. A small island.
18. The vein in the center of a leaf.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A Mid-Atlantic state.
28. How long something has existed.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste.
33. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Armor plate that protects the chest.
40. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
41. Offering fun and gaiety.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A master's degree in fine arts.
48. Not out.
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