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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. The state of owing money.
8. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
16. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
17. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
19. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
21. A master's degree in fine arts.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. American novelist (1909-1955).
38. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
41. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
46. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
47. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
52. In bed.
53. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. An audiotape recording of sound.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
8. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
10. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
18. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. A Russian river.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. That is to say.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. God of the earth.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. Very dark black.
39. The face of a timepiece.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The bill in a restaurant.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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