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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
8. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
13. A young woman making her debut into society.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
17. The month following April and preceding June.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
23. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
24. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
26. Lower in esteem.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. An associate degree in applied science.
42. To come or go into.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. The month following February and preceding April.
47. A notable achievement.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
7. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
8. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
9. Not only so, but.
10. Make amends for.
15. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
20. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The cry made by sheep.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
35. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
48. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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