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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. In bed.
8. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. A local computer network for communication between computers.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. An enclosed space.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A telegram sent abroad.
24. (Roman Catholic Church) A book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Wild and domestic cattle.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
47. Used of a single unit or thing.
48. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
5. Divulge information or secrets.
6. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
9. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
10. Complacently or inanely foolish.
18. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
31. Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh.
32. Lower in esteem.
35. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
41. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
42. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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