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1. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
4. Of southern Europe.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. (British) Your grandmother.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
14. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Situated in a particular spot or position.
30. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
34. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. How long something has existed.
38. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. Having much flesh (especially fat).
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A thrusting blow with a knife.
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1. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
4. Gone by.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
7. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
18. German mathematician (1804-1851).
20. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. That is to say.
36. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
39. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
40. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
54. An honorary degree in science.
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