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1. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
4. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
8. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
11. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
13. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
14. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
17. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
19. Affect with wonder.
23. By bad luck.
25. The capital of Croatia.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The capital of Morocco.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
46. A period of time spent sleeping.
47. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
49. Black tropical American cuckoo.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
51. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
52. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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1. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Humble request for help.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. A slender double-reed instrument.
18. An associate degree in applied science.
20. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
21. An informal term for a father.
22. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The cry made by sheep.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Obvious and dull.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A city in west central Mexico.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
44. (British) Your grandmother.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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