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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
19. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
20. The face or front of a building.
24. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
27. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
29. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
35. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
38. A state in northwestern North America.
39. Informal terms for a mother.
40. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
47. Any of various units of capacity.
49. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
52. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
22. In bed.
23. 1/10 gram.
25. Type genus of the Amiidae.
26. The residue that remains when something is burned.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
34. Jordan's port.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. Greek mythology.
37. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
43. A master's degree in library science.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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