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1. The bill in a restaurant.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
19. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
21. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
22. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
26. A light touch or stroke.
32. Jordan's port.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
37. An enclosed space.
38. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
15. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
17. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
20. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. Lower in esteem.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Pan with a convex bottom.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
41. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
43. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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