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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
8. 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).
11. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
12. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
13. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Affect with wonder.
21. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
30. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
31. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
38. Gone by.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
46. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A notable achievement.
51. The month following January and preceding March.
52. A human limb.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. Soft creamy white cheese.
15. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Being nine more than ninety.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
27. A state in the eastern United States.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
37. A French abbot.
39. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. (British slang) Cafe.
42. In bed.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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