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1. A castrated tomcat.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
11. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
12. The face of a timepiece.
13. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
14. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
16. A licensed medical practitioner.
17. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
18. Before noon.
19. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
20. French novelist.
22. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
33. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. Jordan's port.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
44. The site of an archeological exploration.
47. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
49. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. English essayist (1775-1834).
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Tag the base runner to get him out.
54. A sudden short attack.
55. A doctor's degree in religion.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
3. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
4. A bachelor's degree in religion.
5. A resource.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
9. The content of cognition.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. 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.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
29. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
41. Being two more than forty.
42. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
45. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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