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1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. Inquire about.
11. A city in northern India.
12. The fatty flesh of eel.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
15. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
22. An associate degree in applied science.
24. Not divisible by two.
27. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
41. Being nine more than ninety.
44. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A light touch or stroke.
54. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
55. A decree that prohibits something.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Advanced in years.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
6. Not only so, but.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. The act of scanning.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A Mid-Atlantic state.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. God of wealth and love.
38. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. The cry made by sheep.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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