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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. In bed.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Not widely known.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. A master's degree in business.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. South African term for `boss'.
32. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
34. Informal terms for a mother.
36. Top part of an apron.
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Take in solid food.
49. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
51. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
53. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
55. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
56. 10 grams.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
59. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
8. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
22. An associate degree in applied science.
23. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
46. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
48. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
50. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
52. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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