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1. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. A strong emotion.
12. Avatar of Vishnu.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
15. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A Mid-Atlantic state.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. Young sheep.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
46. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
50. A notable achievement.
51. God of love and erotic desire.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Affected manners intended to impress others.
2. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
5. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
6. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
7. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. 10 grams.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A state in New England.
32. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
33. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
35. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. God of the earth.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A quantity of no importance.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. Before noon.
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