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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
8. A youthful male person.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. Informal terms for a meal.
19. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
22. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. A doctor's degree in education.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
30. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Advanced in years.
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. How long something has existed.
47. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
49. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
50. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A slow pace of running.
4. Extremely pleasing.
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Not only so, but.
15. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
16. The cry made by sheep.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
31. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
32. Having no employment.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. In bed.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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