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1. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. A quantity that is added.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. The month following March and preceding May.
15. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
28. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
31. Being one more than one hundred.
32. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. A resource.
46. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
3. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
6. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
18. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
24. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
30. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. 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).
36. 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.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. On or toward the lee.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. A light touch or stroke.
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