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1. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. The sound made by a gentle blow.
11. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
12. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
18. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. A motley assortment of things.
27. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
30. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
44. Being one more than fifty.
46. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
49. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
50. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
5. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
8. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
9. In bed.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
15. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
17. The capital of Croatia.
20. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. In addition.
36. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
42. A light touch or stroke.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
47. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
48. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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