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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
17. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
24. A master's degree in business.
27. Used of a single unit or thing.
31. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. An accountant certified by the state.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. In bed.
53. A bachelor's degree in theology.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. 1/1000 gram.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. The wool of a sheep or similar animal.
7. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. Flat and uninspiring.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Singing jazz.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. An informal term for a father.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. The cry made by sheep.
36. A genus of Ploceidae.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
42. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
43. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
44. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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