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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
20. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
22. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. Jordan's port.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
46. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
47. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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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 silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. A lake in northwestern Russia.
10. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
15. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
21. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
24. A state in northwestern North America.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. Any of various units of capacity.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
35. In bed.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. Enlarged prostate.
43. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
44. The force of workers available.
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