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1. The face of a timepiece.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
11. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
14. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
16. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
18. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. Squash bugs.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
36. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
2. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
4. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
5. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
6. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
9. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
15. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
17. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
21. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. The compass point midway between north and west.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
32. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. Being nine more than forty.
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
42. In bed.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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