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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
8. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
13. How long something has existed.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
21. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Loose or flaccid body fat.
27. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
43. A bachelor's degree in theology.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. Not easy.
48. In the Roman calendar.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
52. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. Leafless East Indian vine.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. A city in northern India.
10. Not only so, but.
15. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
24. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
25. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
31. Of or relating to or involving an area.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Greek mythology.
35. Lower in esteem.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
41. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. Top part of an apron.
47. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
49. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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