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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
16. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
23. A deep bow.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
29. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Not only so, but.
36. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
39. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
45. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. Singing jazz.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Advanced in years.
10. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
17. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
18. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
31. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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