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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. The bill in a restaurant.
11. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. How long something has existed.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
16. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A Mid-Atlantic state.
19. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
23. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. The last (12th) month of the year.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. Affect with wonder.
5. A port city in southwestern Iran.
6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
9. God of fire.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
21. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. In bed.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
41. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
42. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
45. An honorary degree in science.
46. A decree that prohibits something.
47. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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