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1. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
4. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. Jordan's port.
17. Fallow deer.
19. Before noon.
20. Take by theft.
22. A bachelor's degree in science.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. Seed of a pea plant.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. 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).
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. A master's degree in fine arts.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
48. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
50. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. South African term for `boss'.
53. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
54. Informal terms for a mother.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
4. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
5. That is to say.
6. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
18. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
21. A long-playing phonograph record.
23. A fraudulent business scheme.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
31. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
45. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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