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1. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. The bill in a restaurant.
11. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
31. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
32. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
34. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
41. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Unknown god.
46. One thousandth of a second.
51. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
52. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
53. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
54. A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California.
55. Seed of a pea plant.
56. The cry made by sheep.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
3. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
4. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
5. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
6. A human limb.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Two-year-old sheep.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
19. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
21. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
26. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
35. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
39. Jordan's port.
40. Type genus of the Gavidae.
42. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
47. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
48. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
49. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
50. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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