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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. 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).
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
24. The cry made by sheep.
31. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. Wild and domestic cattle.
47. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. The basic unit of money on Malta.
3. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
4. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. (informal) Roused to anger.
7. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
8. A notable achievement.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An informal term for a father.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
33. Lower in esteem.
35. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
38. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
39. Belonging to some prior time.
40. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
42. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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