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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. A man who serves as a sailor.
7. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. An accountant certified by the state.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A city in northern India.
20. Common Indian weaverbird.
23. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. The cry made by sheep.
45. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
46. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
48. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. Smelling of beer.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
7. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. Divulge information or secrets.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
19. A New England state.
21. A flexible container with a single opening.
22. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
24. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
27. Being five more than one hundred.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. In bed.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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