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1. Top part of an apron.
4. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A port in southwestern Scotland.
12. Wearing or provided with clothing.
13. A boy or man.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
23. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
26. A doctor's degree in education.
28. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Great coolness and composure under strain.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. The eighth month of the civil year.
3. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
4. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
5. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
6. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. A radioactive transuranic element.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. The longest division of geological time.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A master's degree in fine arts.
36. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
37. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
38. South African term for `boss'.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Look at with amorous intentions.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. An informal term for a father.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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