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1. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
4. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
8. Inquire about.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
16. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
18. Before noon.
19. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. A motley assortment of things.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. In a foreign country.
29. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
37. An awkward stupid person.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
45. Compete for something.
48. Not in good physical or mental health.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. In bed.
51. The basic unit of money in Romania.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
4. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
7. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. Singing jazz.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
17. The capital of Croatia.
22. The cry made by sheep.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
35. English essayist (1775-1834).
36. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
38. A French abbot.
39. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
40. An Eskimo hut.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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