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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
24. Give a nickname to.
26. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Young sheep.
32. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. One millionth of a gram.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. An accountant certified by the state.
50. Extremely pleasing.
51. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
54. Two items of the same kind.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A light touch or stroke.
19. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
22. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A form of address for a man.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
34. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
37. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. The month following April and preceding June.
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