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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Free from liquid or moisture.
17. Minor or subordinate.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
27. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. Informal terms for money.
37. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
43. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
46. The habitation of wild animals.
48. In bed.
49. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
50. Having the slant of a bevel.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. The money risked on a gamble.
4. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
5. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
6. Capable of wounding.
7. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. South African term for `boss'.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A vigorous blow.
28. The month following July and preceding September.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. The square of a body of any size of type.
33. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
34. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
36. Jordan's port.
37. The money risked on a gamble.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
42. Goddess of fate.
44. A young woman making her debut into society.
45. A three-year law degree.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
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