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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
21. A bachelor's degree in theology.
24. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
25. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. An awkward stupid person.
30. The last (12th) month of the year.
31. Common Indian weaverbird.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
39. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
42. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. God of the Underworld.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
50. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
52. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
53. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A New England state.
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1. The quantity a cask will hold.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. Being nine more than ninety.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. By bad luck.
7. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Occurring widely (as to many people).
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
17. The month following July and preceding September.
20. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
22. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. Minor or subordinate.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Largest known toad species.
36. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Jordan's port.
40. A city in northwestern Syria.
41. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. A periodic paperback publication.
51. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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