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1. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
5. Fiddler crabs.
8. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
11. God of love and erotic desire.
12. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
13. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
14. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
15. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
20. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
22. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
23. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
27. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
28. A state in the western United States.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
40. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
42. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
43. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
45. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
48. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Obvious and dull.
3. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
4. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. Coffee trees.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
9. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
19. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
21. Before noon.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
25. An enclosed space.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. Included seven times in every 19 years.
32. Wood of a sumac.
33. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
41. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
44. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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