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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Fallow deer.
8. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
23. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A master's degree in fine arts.
35. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A human limb.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
46. An informal term for a father.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
7. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
8. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
21. A fraudulent business scheme.
22. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A native of ancient Troy.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. God of death.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Set down according to a plan.
42. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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