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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. (Roman mythology) God of love.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A periodic paperback publication.
15. A professional cook.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
27. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
52. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The airforce of Great Britain.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. An uproarious party.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. The last (12th) month of the year.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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