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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
16. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
17. The basic unit of money in Romania.
18. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
35. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
43. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
48. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. Trace the shape of.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
4. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
5. Any high mountain.
6. Not only so, but.
7. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
15. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
19. Bar temporarily.
20. An associate degree in nursing.
22. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
33. Affect with wonder.
34. Of or relating to or containing barium.
36. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Enlarged prostate.
41. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
44. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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