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1. A unit of pain intensity.
4. How long something has existed.
7. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
24. British informal term.
25. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
29. Appeal or request earnestly.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. An informal term for a father.
45. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
47. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
48. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
49. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
3. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
6. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
7. A person forced to flee from home or country.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. A state in the western United States.
19. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
20. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
32. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Full of zest or vigor.
36. A city in northern India.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. An informal term for a father.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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