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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A humorous anecdote or remark.
7. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
11. An accidental happening.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
13. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
14. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
16. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. An informal term for a father.
23. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. How long something has existed.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. Divulge information or secrets.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
39. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. The basic unit of money in China.
55. A light touch or stroke.
56. One or some or every or all without specification.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
6. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. A large fleet.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
38. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
40. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
42. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. 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).
51. An associate degree in nursing.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Informal terms for a mother.
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