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1. One thousandth of a second.
5. A federally chartered savings bank.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Leave voluntarily.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Look at with amorous intentions.
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. Forming or set at an angle.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
4. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
5. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
6. Speaking a Slavic language.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. Singing jazz.
10. The income arising from land or other property.
18. The face or front of a building.
20. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
21. An enclosed space.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Being one more than fifty.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
38. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
39. Willing to face danger.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. A decree that prohibits something.
47. Call upon in supplication.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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