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1. A bachelor's degree in theology.
4. The airforce of Great Britain.
7. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
11. An affirmative.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
16. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
20. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. In bed.
23. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. A genus of Mustelidae.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
47. A human limb.
51. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
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1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Serving as or forming a base.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
6. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
7. A bottle with a stopper.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Informal terms for a mother.
10. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
38. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
48. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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