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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
7. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
11. (Irish) The sea personified.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Employed in accomplishing something.
14. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
15. Related to or located at the back.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. Extremely pleasing.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A slender double-reed instrument.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A radioactive transuranic element.
49. A Loloish language.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
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1. An embarrassing mistake.
2. Stalk of a moss capsule.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
7. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
9. Not only so, but.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
19. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. Before noon.
23. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
24. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. An affirmative.
36. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
39. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
40. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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