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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
8. A pass between mountain peaks.
11. (Irish) The sea personified.
12. A quantity of no importance.
13. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
14. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
17. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
18. By bad luck.
19. A Mid-Atlantic state.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. The act of grasping.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
3. Soft creamy white cheese.
4. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
5. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
9. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
10. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
24. A person forced to flee from home or country.
25. Having leadership guidance.
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. Refuse to acknowledge.
30. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. 10 grams.
43. An informal term for a father.
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